Definition of frost Frost
/fɹɔˈst/ - [frost] - frost
We found 26 definitions of frost from 9 different sources.
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What does frost mean?
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NounPlural: frosts |
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| frost - ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside) | ||
| hoar, hoarfrost, rime | ||
| water ice, ice an ice containing no milk but having a mushy consistency; usually made from fruit juice | ||
| frost - the formation of frost or ice on a surface | ||
| icing | ||
| freezing, freeze fixing (of prices or wages etc) at a particular level; "a freeze on hiring" | ||
| frost - United States poet famous for his lyrical poems on country life in New England (1874-1963) | ||
| Robert Frost, Robert Lee Frost | ||
| frost - weather cold enough to cause freezing | ||
| freeze | ||
| cold weather a period of unusually cold weather | ||
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| frost - decorate with frosting; "frost a cake" | ||
| ice | ||
| cover clothe, as if for protection from the elements; "cover your head!" | ||
| cookery, cooking, preparation the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife" | ||
| frost - cover with frost; "ice crystals frosted the glass" | ||
| cover clothe, as if for protection from the elements; "cover your head!" | ||
| frost - damage by frost; "The icy precipitation frosted the flowers and they turned brown" | ||
| damage inflict damage upon; "The snow damaged the roof"; "She damaged the car when she hit the tree" | ||
| frost - provide with a rough or speckled surface or appearance; "frost the glass"; "she frosts her hair" | ||
| cover clothe, as if for protection from the elements; "cover your head!" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- frost (Noun)
A cover of minute ice crystals on objects that are exposed to the air. Some of these are tree branches, plant stems, leaves, wires, poles, vehicles, rooftops, or aircraft skin. Frost is the same process by which dew is formed except that the temperature of the frosted object is below freezing. Frost can be light or heavy. - frost (Noun)
The cold weather that would cause frost as in 1 to form. - frost (Verb)
To get covered with frost. - frost (Verb)
To coat something eg a cake with white icing to resemble frost. - frost (Verb)
To anger or annoy.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- frost (v. i.)
The act of freezing; -- applied chiefly to the congelation of water; congelation of fluids. - frost (v. i.)
The state or temperature of the air which occasions congelation, or the freezing of water; severe cold or freezing weather. - frost (v. i.)
Frozen dew; -- called also hoarfrost or white frost. - frost (v. i.)
Coldness or insensibility; severity or rigidity of character. - frost (v. t.)
To injure by frost; to freeze, as plants. - frost (v. t.)
To cover with hoarfrost; to produce a surface resembling frost upon, as upon cake, metals, or glass. - frost (v. t.)
To roughen or sharpen, as the nail heads or calks of horseshoes, so as to fit them for frosty weather.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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frost
A deposit of interlocking ice crystals formed by direct sublimation on objects.\n(Source: MGH)
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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frost
frost, n. the state of the atmosphere in which water freezes: state of being frozen: frozen dew, also called hoar-frost: (slang) a disappointment, a cheat.—v.t. to cover with hoar-frost or with anything resembling hoar-frost: to sharpen (the points of a horse's shoe) that it may not slip on ice.—n. Frost′-bite, the freezing or depression of vitality in a part of the body by exposure to cold.—v.t. to affect with frost.—adjs. Frost′-bit′ten, bitten or affected by frost; Frost′-bound, bound or confined by frost; Frost′ed, covered by frost or any fine powder: injured by frost.—adv. Frost′ily.—ns. Frost′iness; Frost′ing, the composition, resembling hoar-frost, used to cover cake, &c.—adj. Frost′less, free from frost.—n. Frost′-nail, a projecting nail in a horse-shoe serving as an ice-calk.—v.t. to put in such nails.—ns. Frost′-smoke, vapour frozen in the atmosphere, and having a smoke-like appearance; Frost′-work, work resembling hoar-frost on shrubs, &c.—adj. Frost′y, producing or containing frost: chill in affection: frost-like. [A.S. frost, forst—fréosan; cf. Ger. frost.]
Foolish DictionaryThe Foolish Dictionary 🤡
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frost
An old flame after the engagement is broken off.
Proverbs DictionaryProverbs Dictionary 📗
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frost
What God will, no frost can kill.
Wikipedia 
- Frost is formed when water vapor freezes onto a surface. It has a white, powdery appearance. It is formed on outside surfaces when the temperature of air is very low. It can destroy crops. Greenhouses help to protect crops from frost.
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