"bone-chilling" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈbəʊnˌtʃɪl.ɪŋ/ [UK], /ˈboʊnˌtʃɪl.ɪŋ/ [US] Forms: more bone-chilling [comparative], most bone-chilling [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} bone-chilling (comparative more bone-chilling, superlative most bone-chilling)
  1. Very cold.
    Sense id: en-bone-chilling-en-adj-mLL1FlZe
  2. (figuratively) Causing great terror or horror; blood-curdling. Tags: figuratively
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (topical): Temperature
Disambiguation of Temperature: 0 0
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