Phrase guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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adj
Very cold.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, idiomatic, informal, not-comparable
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
plural of brass monkey
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, plural
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
From the phrase cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey - supposedly a reference to the brass container for cannon balls on a British man-of-war (but this seems to have been discredited).
