Meaning

7 senses
  1. (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

  2. (countable, uncountable)The cold weather that causes these ice crystals to form.

    Frost

    моро́зmoróz, за́морозкиzámorozki

    моро́зmoróz

    weather cold enough to cause freezing

  3. (countable, figuratively, uncountable)Coldness or insensibility; severity or rigidity of character.

  4. (countable, uncountable)A shade of white, like that of frost.

  5. (countable, dated, slang, uncountable)A disappointment; a cheat.

  6. (countable, uncountable)A kind of light diffuser.

  7. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)The act of freezing; the congelation of water or other liquid.

Examples

103 sentences
  1. There is frost on the grass.

    ruНа траве изморозь.

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  2. The frost killed all the flowers.

    ruЗаморозки погубили все цветы.

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  3. A heavy frost is expected tonight.

    ruВечером ожидаются сильные заморозки.

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  4. There was frost on the ground.

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  5. There will be a frost tonight.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
cover of minute ice crystals:
cold weather that would cause frost:
Русский
By meaning 2
cover of minute ice crystals:
cold weather that would cause frost:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
cover of minute ice crystals:
cold weather that would cause frost:

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: frosts
Singularfrost
Pluralfrosts

regular

Synonyms

7 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • 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 words

Collocations

3 patterns
  • there is frost
  • is frost on
  • frost on the

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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