cold work

1. 1.

   shape (metal) without heat

   Synonymscoldwork

   Broaderwork

Questions about cold work

What does cold work mean?

cold work means "shape (metal) without heat".

What is another word for cold work?

Close synonyms include coldwork. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cold work a common word?

cold work is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.