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.
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
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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 synonymsWord 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
See also
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