frost
A cover of minute ice crystals on objects that are exposed to the airA 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.
» There is frost on the grass.
На траве изморозь.
Meaning
7 senses(countable, uncountable)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.
Reif
и́нейínej, и́зморозьízmorozʹ
і́нійínij
(countable, uncountable)The cold weather that causes these ice crystals to form.
Frost
моро́зmoróz, за́морозкиzámorozki
моро́зmoróz
weather cold enough to cause freezing
(countable, figuratively, uncountable)Coldness or insensibility; severity or rigidity of character.
(countable, uncountable)A shade of white, like that of frost.
(countable, dated, slang, uncountable)A disappointment; a cheat.
(countable, uncountable)A kind of light diffuser.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)The act of freezing; the congelation of water or other liquid.
Examples
103 sentencesThere is frost on the grass.
ruНа траве изморозь.
The frost killed all the flowers.
ruЗаморозки погубили все цветы.
A heavy frost is expected tonight.
ruВечером ожидаются сильные заморозки.
There was frost on the ground.
There will be a frost tonight.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English frost, from an unmetathesized variant of Old English forst (“frost”),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”).
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Forms
plural: frostsSynonyms
7 synonyms- United States poet famous for his lyrical poems on country life in New England (1874-1963):Robert FrostRobert Lee Frost
- the formation of frost or ice on a surface:icing
- ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside):hoarhoarfrostrime
- weather cold enough to cause freezing:freeze
Word family
58 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
3 patterns- there is frost
- is frost on
- frost on the