Scotland · adjective
baltic
Extremely cold.
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What baltic means
Baltic is an informal intensifier used to describe very cold weather, rooms, water, or conditions.
How it is used
It is common in Scotland but also heard elsewhere in Britain and Ireland.
- Part of speech
- adjective
- Pronunciation
- As in standard English Baltic
- Register
- Informal British and Irish English; strongly familiar in Scotland.
- Variants
- No common variant listed
Examples
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It's absolutely baltic outside.
It is extremely cold outside.
That changing room was baltic.
That changing room was very cold.
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