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frost

/fɹɔst/noun, verb1 syllable

Frost means: ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside).

Synonyms for frost8

noun, as in ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside)

hoar, hoarfrost, rime

noun, as in United States poet famous for his lyrical poems on country life in New England (1874-1963)

Robert Frost, Robert Lee Frost

noun, as in weather cold enough to cause freezing

noun, as in the formation of frost or ice on a surface

verb, as in decorate with frosting

What does frost mean?8

noun

1

ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside)

2

United States poet famous for his lyrical poems on country life in New England (1874-1963)

3

weather cold enough to cause freezing

4

the formation of frost or ice on a surface

verb

1

decorate with frosting“frost a cake”

2

provide with a rough or speckled surface or appearance“frost the glass”

3

cover with frost“ice crystals frosted the glass”

4

damage by frost“The icy precipitation frosted the flowers and they turned brown”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with frost?4

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Frost in a sentence

  • Dress warmly when there's frost, my nan used to say.sundown
  • On sunny winter mornings, the white frost twinkles on the lawn.Eccles17
  • Blue-white frost crystals were shining on the windowpanes.Hybrid
  • The planes can no longer take off because of the snow and frost.tieguy
  • The plants were damaged by the late frost.CM
  • A vase of frost-bleached ferns and ruby-red maple leaves adorned the table.Hybrid
  • The frost was such that the birds fell on the fly.carlosalberto
  • There is frost on the grass this morning.Eccles17

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of frost

as a noun

plural
frosts

as a verb

past tense
frosted
present participle
frosting
third-person singular
frosts
past participle
frosted