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frost /frost/ noun- A state of freezing
- Temperature at or below the freezing point of water
- Frozen dew, or hoarfrost
- A disappointment or failure (slang)
- Coldness of manner or relations (figurative)
transitive verb- To affect with frost
- To cover with hoarfrost
- To make like hoarfrost
- To sharpen (the points of a horse's shoe) so that it does not slip on ice
- To bleach individual strands of (a person's hair) to create a mottled effect
- To top or coat (a cake) with icing (esp US)
intransitive verb To assume a frostlike appearance ORIGIN: OE frost, forst, from frēosan; cf Ger Frost frostˈed adjective - Covered by frost
- Having a frostlike appearance (eg a cake or Christmas card by sprinkling, or glass by roughening)
- Damaged by frost
- (of a cake) topped or coated with icing (esp US)
frostˈily adverb frostˈiness noun frostˈing noun - A coating of hoarfrost
- Material or treatment to give the appearance of hoarfrost
- Icing (esp US)
frostˈless adjective Free from frost frostˈlike adjective frostˈy adjective - Producing, characterized by, or covered with, frost
- Chill (lit and figurative)
- Frostlike
frostˈbite noun Inflammation, sometimes leading to gangrene, in a part of the body, caused by exposure to cold transitive verb To affect with frost frostˈbitten adjective - Bitten or affected by frost (lit and figurative)
- Suffering from frostbite
frostˈbound adjective Bound or confined by frost frost line noun The underground limit to the penetration of frost into the earth frostˈ-nail noun A projecting nail in a horseshoe serving to prevent slipping on ice (also iceˈ-calk) transitive verb To provide with frost-nails frostˈ-smoke noun A vapour frozen in the atmosphere, and having a smoke-like appearance frostˈwork noun - Tracery made by frost, eg on windows
- Work resembling frost tracery, etc
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