frost

UK /fɹɒst/ US /fɹɔst/

noun 5verb 5name 5

Collocations

(noun.) weather condition

ADJ

bitter, great, hard, heavy, severe, sharp | light

early, first, late

The first frost of winter arrived in November and killed all the garden flowers.

autumn, spring, winter

ground

The grass was covered in white crystals after a severe ground frost overnight.

night

QUANT

touch

A touch of frost covered the car windscreen when we went out this morning.

degree

The weather forecast warned us about several degrees of frost expected over the weekend.

FROST + VERB

set in

Early frost has set in this week, so we need to protect the garden plants.

nip at sth

The early morning frost nipped at the tender green shoots in my garden.

(noun.) very thin layer of little pieces of ice

ADJ

white

VERB + FROST

be covered in/with

The car windshield was covered with frost this morning after the cold night.

VERB + FROST

melt

The ice on the windshield started to melt as the sun came up.

Definitions

noun

A cover of minute ice crystals on objects that are exposed to the air. Frost is formed by the same process as dew, except that the temperature of the frosted object is below freezing.

The cold weather that causes these ice crystals to form.

Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes.

It is more probable, in almost every country of Europe, that there will be frost sometime in January, than that the weather will continue open throughout that whole month;

Coldness or insensibility; severity or rigidity of character.

It was one of those moments of intense feeling when the frost of the Scottish people melts like a snow-wreath.

The act of freezing; the congelation of water or other liquid.

A shade of white, like that of frost.

verb

To cover with frost.

To become covered with frost.

“The weather is pleasant while it frosted a little at night.”

To coat (something, e.g. a cake) with icing to resemble frost.

To anger or annoy.

I think the boss's decision frosted him a bit.

To sharpen (the points of a horse's shoe) to prevent it from slipping on ice.

name

A surname.

A video filmed and shared on the social media site Bluesky by Florida Congressman Maxwell Frost, also a Democrat, shows Hairfield outside the building and several officers from the federal Department of Homeland Security behind the doors, labeled “All Access Entrance.”

A number of places in the United States:

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — weather cold enough to cause freezing

freeze

noun — the formation of frost or ice on a surface

icing

noun — ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects

hoar
hoarfrost
rime

verb — decorate with frosting

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes.

Wiktionary

It is more probable, in almost every country of Europe, that there will be frost sometime in January, than that the weather will continue open throughout that whole month;

Wiktionary

It was one of those moments of intense feeling when the frost of the Scottish people melts like a snow-wreath.

Wiktionary

“The weather is pleasant while it frosted a little at night.”

Wiktionary

I think the boss's decision frosted him a bit.

Wiktionary

A video filmed and shared on the social media site Bluesky by Florida Congressman Maxwell Frost, also a Democrat, shows Hairfield outside the building and several officers from the federal Department

Wiktionary

Usage Notes

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In some senses, frost is marked as figuratively, obsolete, informal. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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