"cold email" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: cold emails [plural]
Etymology: By analogy with 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-VnHzzcxM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 52 48

Verb

Forms: cold emails [present, singular, third-person], cold emailing [participle, present], cold emailed [participle, past], cold emailed [past]
Etymology: By analogy with 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. (transitive) To email someone without preparation or referral. Tags: transitive Derived forms: cold emailing Related terms: cold call
    Sense id: en-cold_email-en-verb-bXrllSAb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 52 48

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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