Frost Definition

frôst, frŏst
frosted, frosting, frosts
noun
frosts
A freezing or state of being frozen.
Webster's New World
A temperature low enough to cause freezing.
Webster's New World
The icy crystals that form directly on a freezing surface as moist air contacts it; rime; hoarfrost.
Webster's New World
A period of weather when such deposits form.
American Heritage
Coolness of action, feeling, manner, etc.
Webster's New World
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verb
frosted, frosting, frosts
To cover with frost.
Webster's New World
To damage, wither, or kill by freezing.
Webster's New World
To give a frostlike, opaque surface to (glass or metal)
Webster's New World
To cover with frosting, or icing.
Webster's New World
To apply lighter coloring to selected strands of (hair) using a chemical dye.
Webster's New World
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pronoun

A surname​.

Wiktionary

Origin of Frost

  • From Middle English frost, from Old English frost (“frost”), from Proto-Germanic *frustaz (“frost”), from Proto-Indo-European *prews- (“to freeze; frost”). Cognate with West Frisian froast (“frost”), Dutch vorst (“frost”), German Frost (“frost”), Swedish frost (“frost”), Icelandic frost (“frost”), Latin pruīna (“hoarfrost, frost, rime, snow”). Related to freeze.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English from Old English preus- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Frost Sentence Examples

  • The look Claire gave her sister would frost a barbeque.

  • As April slipped into May and the last threat of frost passed, she began planting them in the garden.

  • When the frost comes out in the spring, and even in a thawing day in the winter, the sand begins to flow down the slopes like lava, sometimes bursting out through the snow and overflowing it where no sand was to be seen before.

  • Jack Frost had dressed them in gold and crimson.

  • Natasha was foremost in setting a merry holiday tone, which, passing from one to another, grew stronger and reached its climax when they all came out into the frost and got into the sleighs, talking, calling to one another, laughing, and shouting.

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