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Definition of frost in English: frostnoun frɒstfrɔst mass noun1A deposit of small white ice crystals formed on the ground or other surfaces when the temperature falls below freezing. the lanes were glistening with frost it is not unusual for buds to be nipped by frost Example sentencesExamples - Native to Central and South America, peppers don't tolerate frost.
- Once the bulbs have firmly rooted, frost is tolerated quite well and an extra cover is not needed.
- There was frost on every window and icicles hung where they could.
- You look outside and see it - that shining, shimmering gloss of frost on the ground, on the car, and in the trees.
- There's no snow yet, but occasionally I wake up to beautiful, lacy frost on my window.
- Still there was no snow, but there was frost glittering on the ground.
- The sky was a clear, pale blue now, and it seemed to be drawing what heat there was from the ground, leaving only frost and little patches of dry snow.
- As much as I dislike extreme cold, a nice frost on the lawn would not be unwelcome.
- There was frost on the ground and a flurry of snow in the air as I set off from the car park and along the footpaths winding through woodlands and close to a meander of the River Calder.
- Vermont in November was hardly Siberia, but there was frost on the ground, and they spent an hour shivering and exercising to stay warm.
- Water vapor will condense directly on the surface to form frost.
- The soft and wet grass under her shoes crunched slightly, hardened by the morning frost.
- We had set out reluctantly on a Friday evening at the end of a hard working week through a wintry countryside glittering with frost and wreathed in freezing mist.
- Though all leeks tolerate some frost, some overwinter better than others.
- The glass hit the ground like sleet on a pavement and sparkled like a morning frost.
- Before explaining fog and frost on a window, we'll begin with water in the air.
- On the other hand, it was shown that epiphytic orchids survived severe frost in Mexican montane forests.
- Severe ground frost is possible at night, especially if the ground is dry.
- Always ensure that service pipes are at an adequate depth to prevent frost damage.
- Row covers trap the warmth that radiates up from the earth much like the way that a cloud cover holds temperatures and prevents frost from forming.
Synonyms ice crystals, ice, rime, rime ice, verglas rime frost, white frost, black frost, hoar frost, ground frost informal Jack Frost archaic hoar - 1.1 A weather condition or period of cold weather in which deposits of frost form.
following two or three nights of hard frost, my garden is a wreck count noun there have been several sharp frosts recently Example sentencesExamples - Weather records show that there were far more hard frosts in the 1950s before the impact of global warming.
- This is especially useful if the garden is in a cold spot and prone to late frosts or if wet weather has made the soil claggy.
- Mustard greens, another Southern favorite, should be planted six to eight weeks before the first fall frost.
- In winter 1995/1996 the first hard frost occurred at the end of December.
- In the days before refrigeration, hogs were slaughtered and cured at the first heavy autumn frost.
- Frequent frosts or inclement weather kill off pests that would be devastating to crops, or plague-carrying insects that affect the population.
- He predicts sharp frosts throughout the Swindon area on both Friday and Saturday night, with temperatures only just above freezing during Christmas Day itself.
- With good spring rains, they can survive frosts and require minimal or no watering.
- Drought across much of the country, particularly in areas not normally subject to drought, and late frosts have led to reductions in land based production.
- Similarly, an autumn frost which destroys leaves can interrupt the orderly build-up of reserves in the vine.
- Sow seeds indoors about six weeks before the average date of the last spring frost in your area.
- If an unexpected frost occurs, undamaged fruits can be salvaged and ripened.
- In cooler areas, plant dill a week or two before your last hard frost.
- In particular, there is likely to be a reduction in water for southern and eastern Australia, with more fires and heatwaves, fewer frosts, less snow and more coral bleaching.
- In each case, work should proceed after first killing frost and ideally before snow cover.
- The weather has been fine enough but there have been very sharp frosts & bitterly cold wind.
- Because bushes flower in early spring, they may need protection from late-spring frosts in cold climates.
- Fall frosts can damage actively elongating shoots in the autumn and adversely affect growth the following spring.
- Frequencies of tropical cyclones, heat-waves, bushfires and frosts are also linked to the Southern Oscillation.
- So far we have only had a mild winter, but serious frosts and foggy weather are likely to become more frequent as we move into the New Year.
Synonyms cold snap, period of cold weather hoar frost, ground frost informal freeze, freeze-up - 1.2 A person's cold or unfriendly manner.
Caroline was shocked to hear the frost in her brother's voice Example sentencesExamples - A sharp frost crept into relations on June 8, the day the votes were counted in the Nice Treaty referendum and the British general election.
- The Englishwomen never appeared to exchange any words yesterday, but the frost between them made the NIA seem closer to Turin than the Bullring.
- Valerine heard the frost in Mint's voice as she crossed her arms across her chest and stared at them.
- In the event, the frost won and clubs absent from the Fort William conference certainly were not indulging in friendlies.
- Richard stood, giving Amy some papers, then left leaving the room with a cold frost.
Synonyms coldness, coolness, frostiness, ice, iciness, glaciality, frigidity - 1.3British dated, informal in singular A failure.
even the state soirées were a frost
verb frɒstfrɔst [with object]1Cover (something) with or as if with frost; freeze. shop windows were still frosted over Example sentencesExamples - My face, though frosted with new snow, has a warmth in the cheeks that defends the bone.
- Steam puffed from the mouths of the quarterbacks as they barked out the plays, and from their teammates as they huffed each bone-chilling breath; at the end, Fisher's mustache was frosted over.
- The windows were frosted over, so I had to scrape and scrape, all the while thinking the clock's ticking, the poison is seeping into his system!
- To frost glasses, dip glasses in cool water and place in freezer for five minutes.
- Through the grimy, age frosted windows I could see where we had entered the complex earlier.
- Now, if most of you are like me, you know the heat isn't getting turned on until the windows are frosted over, so there's gonna be a lot of tip-toeing around, wool gear and heavy blankets, seen?
- When she saw today's photos of the lake, snow on the edges of things and frosting the bones of the trees, she said, ‘Oh.’
- I am always suspicious of pubs whose windows are not frosted.
- Underneath the navy blue blazers, cocktail napkins and frosted champagne glasses lie this barren layer.
- The room beyond the metal door was cold, explaining why the window of the door was frosted over (delayed reaction, understandable during these circumstances).
- Outside, snow fell: fat flakes adhering to the windows and frosting the glass in translucent white.
- We frosted the panes using white paint, and shaved a little off its length.
- Sunlight from outside made the ice frosting the windowpanes glow.
- Then the first cold front rolls in, slays the mums, frosts the lawn, whistles down the chimney and signals the reign of the new season.
- Snow had fallen and was covering the lawns of every house, and frosting the tops of every roof and the pavement outside the houses.
- Even in her newly repaired car her breath clouded, frosting the windows further more.
- The trees seem to be worst hit - I've heard experts describe the trees as being ‘in distress’ - and are now in process of shutting down, shedding leaves well before they are frosted.
- Headed for the warmth of the Student Center and morning coffee, I notice that the display window maintained by the Fashion Design department is frosted over.
Synonyms frozen, frozen over, iced over, ice-bound, ice-covered, iced up, frosty, frosted, glassy, like a sheet of glass, slippery - 1.1no object Become covered with small ice crystals.
no one has managed to stop outdoor heat exchangers frosting up during winter Example sentencesExamples - Both are rumoured to be haunted, and as the common gets bleaker throughout the autumn and the lawns frost over nearer Christmas, it is easy to imagine the rumours are true.
- Add the rest of the ingredients in the order above and shake with loads of ice until the shaker frosts up.
- And off we toddled, me with my evening gin frosting in my hand, and Dolly with an air of great relief that the election was over, for today at least.
- At times it was so cold that they could see their equipment frosting up in front of them.
- 1.2 Damage or otherwise affect as a result of frost.
2North American Decorate (a cake or biscuit) with icing. the cake Mama had just frosted Example sentencesExamples - Heart shaped cookies can be frosted in pinks and reds and then other colors used for sprinkles on them.
- Chill cake about 20 minutes, then frost with remaining room-temperature buttercream.
- Teresa glanced up from the cake she was frosting.
- Though he spends more time managing than frosting cakes these days, he still bakes most mornings.
- Instead of the traditional baby cakes, try baking a batch of baby cupcakes which guests can frost and decorate.
- Benji whistled to himself as he headed towards the kitchen of his parents' bakery, tying on his apron and already smelling the sweet scent of a cake ready to be frosted.
- So get out there and frost the cake (you'll be glad you did).
- The result is a cookie that looks like it has been frosted but the frosting is baked on and hard.
- Chill the lemon curd until the cake has cooled and is ready to be frosted.
- "I think I saw the cook frosting a cake, " she confided.
- Cookies that have been frosted with a butter cream type frosting cannot be stacked.
Phrases Degrees below freezing point. he insisted on inspecting troops in 23 degrees of frost Example sentencesExamples - On the 10th of September these ice-bound voyagers had eighteen degrees of frost, and the darkness had advanced on them so rapidly that it was dark about ten at night.
- A week last Monday, we were faced with a crisis at the collection centre when, at 6am, there was ten degrees of frost and no water could be persuaded to go down the pipes.
- The thermometer outside marked eighteen degrees of frost, and as the sun had not yet risen, the hunter hoped to surprise the animals at the approaches to the Wildstrubel, and Ulrich, being alone, remained in bed until ten o'clock.
- Twelve degrees of frost had been recorded the previous night.
- Given the plunging temperatures - they dropped to 18F on Christmas Day, or 14 degrees of frost - folk were seeking indoor entertainment.
- On the coldest night, 19 degrees of frost were recorded in York.
- In the depths of winter when there's snow on the ground, several degrees of frost and the rivers are in flood is the time to take a weekend off, not April, May and June.
- At Churchill an exposed thermometer registered 5.5 degrees F on Thursday morning, equal to 26.5 degrees of frost, and this was in a fairly sheltered position.
- They suffered 50 degrees of frost in the frigid darkness of the long polar winter; in the summer, plagues of mosquitoes filled their eyes and throats.
- And you can bet that this winter when you read ‘there was ten degrees of frost in Kendal at the weekend,’ it will be Fahrenheit, which has been invoked for maximum effect.
Derivatives adjective The morning couldn't have been better for his purposes: just over ten degrees, clear, bright, and frostless, with a light breeze from the east. Example sentencesExamples - On frostless days in late winter, roots grow, sap rises, and new vegetative buds prime for action.
- The water in the frostless refrigerators of today is piped into a pan beneath the refrigerator.
- A long frostless period encourages cultivation of crops such as olive, fig, pomegranate, and date palm.
- After 1989 the frostless period was prolonged.
Origin Old English frost, forst, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vorst and German Frost, also to freeze. This is one of our earliest English words, recorded from the 8th century and related to freeze (Old English). Not until the 19th century do we start to hear of Jack Frost. The Sporting Magazine of 1826 recorded ruefully of the effects of frozen ground, ‘Jack Frost, however, put a veto on our morning's sport.’ See also ice
Rhymes accost, cost, lost, Prost, riposte Definition of frost in US English: frostnounfrôstfrɔst 1A deposit of small white ice crystals formed on the ground or other surfaces when the temperature falls below freezing. the lanes were glistening with frost Example sentencesExamples - The sky was a clear, pale blue now, and it seemed to be drawing what heat there was from the ground, leaving only frost and little patches of dry snow.
- Row covers trap the warmth that radiates up from the earth much like the way that a cloud cover holds temperatures and prevents frost from forming.
- Before explaining fog and frost on a window, we'll begin with water in the air.
- The glass hit the ground like sleet on a pavement and sparkled like a morning frost.
- On the other hand, it was shown that epiphytic orchids survived severe frost in Mexican montane forests.
- You look outside and see it - that shining, shimmering gloss of frost on the ground, on the car, and in the trees.
- There was frost on the ground and a flurry of snow in the air as I set off from the car park and along the footpaths winding through woodlands and close to a meander of the River Calder.
- Always ensure that service pipes are at an adequate depth to prevent frost damage.
- We had set out reluctantly on a Friday evening at the end of a hard working week through a wintry countryside glittering with frost and wreathed in freezing mist.
- Still there was no snow, but there was frost glittering on the ground.
- Water vapor will condense directly on the surface to form frost.
- As much as I dislike extreme cold, a nice frost on the lawn would not be unwelcome.
- Native to Central and South America, peppers don't tolerate frost.
- Severe ground frost is possible at night, especially if the ground is dry.
- Once the bulbs have firmly rooted, frost is tolerated quite well and an extra cover is not needed.
- Though all leeks tolerate some frost, some overwinter better than others.
- There was frost on every window and icicles hung where they could.
- The soft and wet grass under her shoes crunched slightly, hardened by the morning frost.
- There's no snow yet, but occasionally I wake up to beautiful, lacy frost on my window.
- Vermont in November was hardly Siberia, but there was frost on the ground, and they spent an hour shivering and exercising to stay warm.
Synonyms ice crystals, ice, rime, rime ice, verglas - 1.1 A weather condition or period of cold weather in which deposits of frost form.
when the hard frosts had set in Example sentencesExamples - Similarly, an autumn frost which destroys leaves can interrupt the orderly build-up of reserves in the vine.
- He predicts sharp frosts throughout the Swindon area on both Friday and Saturday night, with temperatures only just above freezing during Christmas Day itself.
- Mustard greens, another Southern favorite, should be planted six to eight weeks before the first fall frost.
- Because bushes flower in early spring, they may need protection from late-spring frosts in cold climates.
- Frequencies of tropical cyclones, heat-waves, bushfires and frosts are also linked to the Southern Oscillation.
- In particular, there is likely to be a reduction in water for southern and eastern Australia, with more fires and heatwaves, fewer frosts, less snow and more coral bleaching.
- In each case, work should proceed after first killing frost and ideally before snow cover.
- Frequent frosts or inclement weather kill off pests that would be devastating to crops, or plague-carrying insects that affect the population.
- If an unexpected frost occurs, undamaged fruits can be salvaged and ripened.
- Weather records show that there were far more hard frosts in the 1950s before the impact of global warming.
- Fall frosts can damage actively elongating shoots in the autumn and adversely affect growth the following spring.
- In the days before refrigeration, hogs were slaughtered and cured at the first heavy autumn frost.
- So far we have only had a mild winter, but serious frosts and foggy weather are likely to become more frequent as we move into the New Year.
- Drought across much of the country, particularly in areas not normally subject to drought, and late frosts have led to reductions in land based production.
- In cooler areas, plant dill a week or two before your last hard frost.
- With good spring rains, they can survive frosts and require minimal or no watering.
- The weather has been fine enough but there have been very sharp frosts & bitterly cold wind.
- Sow seeds indoors about six weeks before the average date of the last spring frost in your area.
- In winter 1995/1996 the first hard frost occurred at the end of December.
- This is especially useful if the garden is in a cold spot and prone to late frosts or if wet weather has made the soil claggy.
Synonyms cold snap, period of cold weather - 1.2 A chilling or dispiriting quality, especially one conveyed by a cold manner.
there was a light frost of anger in Jack's tone Example sentencesExamples - Richard stood, giving Amy some papers, then left leaving the room with a cold frost.
- In the event, the frost won and clubs absent from the Fort William conference certainly were not indulging in friendlies.
- A sharp frost crept into relations on June 8, the day the votes were counted in the Nice Treaty referendum and the British general election.
- Valerine heard the frost in Mint's voice as she crossed her arms across her chest and stared at them.
- The Englishwomen never appeared to exchange any words yesterday, but the frost between them made the NIA seem closer to Turin than the Bullring.
Synonyms coldness, coolness, frostiness, ice, iciness, glaciality, frigidity - 1.3British dated, informal in singular A failure.
verbfrôstfrɔst [with object]1Cover (something) with or as if with small ice crystals; freeze. each windowpane was frosted along its edges Example sentencesExamples - To frost glasses, dip glasses in cool water and place in freezer for five minutes.
- Headed for the warmth of the Student Center and morning coffee, I notice that the display window maintained by the Fashion Design department is frosted over.
- When she saw today's photos of the lake, snow on the edges of things and frosting the bones of the trees, she said, ‘Oh.’
- The trees seem to be worst hit - I've heard experts describe the trees as being ‘in distress’ - and are now in process of shutting down, shedding leaves well before they are frosted.
- Steam puffed from the mouths of the quarterbacks as they barked out the plays, and from their teammates as they huffed each bone-chilling breath; at the end, Fisher's mustache was frosted over.
- The room beyond the metal door was cold, explaining why the window of the door was frosted over (delayed reaction, understandable during these circumstances).
- Snow had fallen and was covering the lawns of every house, and frosting the tops of every roof and the pavement outside the houses.
- Outside, snow fell: fat flakes adhering to the windows and frosting the glass in translucent white.
- Through the grimy, age frosted windows I could see where we had entered the complex earlier.
- We frosted the panes using white paint, and shaved a little off its length.
- The windows were frosted over, so I had to scrape and scrape, all the while thinking the clock's ticking, the poison is seeping into his system!
- Sunlight from outside made the ice frosting the windowpanes glow.
- Then the first cold front rolls in, slays the mums, frosts the lawn, whistles down the chimney and signals the reign of the new season.
- I am always suspicious of pubs whose windows are not frosted.
- Even in her newly repaired car her breath clouded, frosting the windows further more.
- Now, if most of you are like me, you know the heat isn't getting turned on until the windows are frosted over, so there's gonna be a lot of tip-toeing around, wool gear and heavy blankets, seen?
- My face, though frosted with new snow, has a warmth in the cheeks that defends the bone.
- Underneath the navy blue blazers, cocktail napkins and frosted champagne glasses lie this barren layer.
Synonyms frozen, frozen over, iced over, ice-bound, ice-covered, iced up, frosty, frosted, glassy, like a sheet of glass, slippery - 1.1no object Become covered with small ice crystals.
a mustache that frosts up when he's ice-climbing Example sentencesExamples - At times it was so cold that they could see their equipment frosting up in front of them.
- Add the rest of the ingredients in the order above and shake with loads of ice until the shaker frosts up.
- And off we toddled, me with my evening gin frosting in my hand, and Dolly with an air of great relief that the election was over, for today at least.
- Both are rumoured to be haunted, and as the common gets bleaker throughout the autumn and the lawns frost over nearer Christmas, it is easy to imagine the rumours are true.
- 1.2North American Decorate (a cake, cupcake, or other baked item) with icing.
Example sentencesExamples - Cookies that have been frosted with a butter cream type frosting cannot be stacked.
- Chill the lemon curd until the cake has cooled and is ready to be frosted.
- Instead of the traditional baby cakes, try baking a batch of baby cupcakes which guests can frost and decorate.
- So get out there and frost the cake (you'll be glad you did).
- Teresa glanced up from the cake she was frosting.
- Benji whistled to himself as he headed towards the kitchen of his parents' bakery, tying on his apron and already smelling the sweet scent of a cake ready to be frosted.
- Chill cake about 20 minutes, then frost with remaining room-temperature buttercream.
- "I think I saw the cook frosting a cake, " she confided.
- The result is a cookie that looks like it has been frosted but the frosting is baked on and hard.
- Heart shaped cookies can be frosted in pinks and reds and then other colors used for sprinkles on them.
- Though he spends more time managing than frosting cakes these days, he still bakes most mornings.
- 1.3US Tint hair strands to change the color of isolated strands.
Example sentencesExamples - Men and boys had a clean cut spiked hair that was frosted at the tips and smoothed down.
- His hair was bleached and frosted to perfection, and, on closer examination, his purple suede pants proved to be women's, and quite possibly my size.
- 1.4 Injure (a plant) by freezing weather.
- 1.5informal Anger or annoy.
such discrimination frosted her no end
Origin Old English frost, forst, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vorst and German Frost, also to freeze. |