frostedfrost‧ed /ˈfrɒstɪd $ ˈfrɒːstɪd/ adjectiveEntry menu
MENU FOR frostedfrosted1 glass2 cold weather3 cake4 hair
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
Alice poured her beer into a tall, frosted mug.
Alice took another long drink from the tall frosted glass.
chocolate frosted cookies
The frosted windows let in a weak light.
Two frosted glass doors opened into an elegant lobby.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
Avoid frosted cosmetics and highlights on the lids.
Clare yelled in pain as she fell on scratchy, frosted bracken.
Pink-browns or lightly frosted tones are flattering for older women or anyone with a lined mouth.
The Controller's acknowledging smile was as brittle as frosted glass.
The front door was open, revealing a stone-flagged porch, and an inner door with frosted glass in the top half.
The headmaster appeared at the frosted glass of the door.
The taps rattled the frosted glass again.
Where contact was unavoidable their relations were frosted, and formal.
Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatorsomething you cannot see through►opaque
· As the liquid cools it becomes cloudy and opaque.· Keep herbs and spices in opaque glass bottles to protect them from sunlight.
►frosted
glass that is frosted is fairly thick and with an uneven surface that is difficult or impossible to see through: · Two frosted glass doors opened into an elegant lobby.· Alice took another long drink from the tall frosted glass.· The frosted windows let in a weak light.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES►frosted glass
(=glass with a rough surface so that it is not transparent)· The bathroom windows were made of frosted glass.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN►glass
· The headmaster appeared at the frosted glass of the door.· The lack of a lock on the one and only toilet was compensated for by the frosted glass panels in the door.· The Controller's acknowledging smile was as brittle as frosted glass.· The front door was open, revealing a stone-flagged porch, and an inner door with frosted glass in the top half.· The taps rattled the frosted glass again.· There was a row of frosted glass windows down one side, each fitted with an electric fan.· In the yellow light that fell all bleary through the frosted glass the blood showed up brown.· I went and sniffed around the edges of the frosted glass back door: a good, clean, slightly sweet smell.
Phrases
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY►frosted glass/window etc
One of the tables, set behind an opaque frosted glass screen, is semi-private.
The Controller's acknowledging smile was as brittle as frosted glass.
The front door was open, revealing a stone-flagged porch, and an inner door with frosted glass in the top half.
The headmaster appeared at the frosted glass of the door.
The lack of a lock on the one and only toilet was compensated for by the frosted glass panels in the door.
The taps rattled the frosted glass again.
There was a row of frosted glass windows down one side, each fitted with an electric fan.
1glass frosted glass/window etc frosted glass has been given a rough surface, so that it is not transparent: the frosted glass of the bathroom window2cold weather literary covered with frostSYN frosty: the frosted garden3cake especially American English covered with frostingSYN iced British English: chocolate frosted cupcakes4hair American English frosted hair has parts that have been made much lighter than others by using chemicals