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frost

UK/fɹɒst/ US/fɹɔst/ fairly common informal slang
noun (4) verb (4)

noun

1.

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

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2.
3.

the formation of frost or ice on a surface

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4.

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

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verb

1.

decorate with frosting

  • “frost a cake”
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2.

provide with a rough or speckled surface or appearance

  • “frost the glass”
  • “she frosts her hair”
3.

cover with frost

  • “ice crystals frosted the glass”
4.

damage by frost

  • “The icy precipitation frosted the flowers and athey turned brown”

Origin

From Middle English frost, from an unmetathesized variant of Old English forst (“frost”), from Proto-Germanic *frustaz (“frost”), from Proto-Indo-European *prews- (“to freeze; frost”).

Phrases

  • black frost
  • degree of frost
  • duck's frost
  • frost beard
  • frost burn
  • frost fair
  • frost faire
  • frost flower
  • Jack Frost

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