"cold email" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: cold emails [plural]
Etymology: Formed analogously to cold call. Etymology templates: {{m|en|cold call}} cold call Head templates: {{en-noun}} cold email (plural cold emails)
  1. a sales email, made without a referral or without preparing the recipient of the email Synonyms: cold-email
    Sense id: en-cold_email-en-noun-~At71V71 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 46

Verb

Forms: cold emails [present, singular, third-person], cold emailing [participle, present], cold emailed [participle, past], cold emailed [past]
Etymology: Formed analogously to cold call. Etymology templates: {{m|en|cold call}} cold call Head templates: {{en-verb}} cold email (third-person singular simple present cold emails, present participle cold emailing, simple past and past participle cold emailed)
  1. to email someone without preparation or referral Derived forms: cold emailing Related terms: cold call
    Sense id: en-cold_email-en-verb-PGiRDg21 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 46

Inflected forms

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