Evaluate the Statement: "There is no such thing as 'cold'just the absence of heat", is it true? Why or why not?

Due to thermodynamics, heat has higher energy particles and colder temperatures have lower energy particles. Heat is always transferred to lower temperatures. Energy can transfer as heat, not cold. For example, when you put ice cubes in room temperature water, the water transfers energy as heat to the ice cubes, making the cubes warmer. The two temperatures come into equilibrium. And if the water is cold, there is an absence of heat.