Frost

Quick meaning: Frost is a noun meaning The cold weather that causes these ice crystals to form.

Meaning

The cold weather that causes these ice crystals to form.

More Meanings

1. (figurative) Coldness or insensibility; severity or rigidity of character.
2. A shade of white, like that of frost.
3. (television) A kind of light diffuser.
4. (transitive) To cover with frost.
5. 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.
6. (obsolete) The act of freezing; the congelation of water or other liquid.
7. (slang, dated) A disappointment; a cheat.

Example Sentences

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

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

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

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

Word Forms

• frosts
• froste
• frosting
• frosted

Synonyms for frost

Depending on context, synonyms include rime, hoarfrost, freeze, ice, icing, hoar.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include hoarfrost, rime, ice, freeze, hoar, icing.

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