Frost

/fɹɒst/ · noun

Meaning

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..

Definitions by Sense

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

Example Sentences

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;

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

Up to that time the girl had never really done her hair, and she regarded boots merely as things to protect the feet. Suddenly it dawned on her that she was considered plain and that she diffused an atmosphere of intellectual frost.

Frosts and diffusion are flame retardant and produce similar results except that some of the frosts are very subtle in their effects. For example: Hamburg Frost will soften the beam edge with little additional spread of the beam.

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

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

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• frosts
• froste
• frosting
• frosted

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