frost
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- noun
- /frɔst/
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escarcha
- Below-normal snow cover and frost depths can lead to winterkill of alfalfa and winter wheat.
- frost damage
- killed by frost
- covered in frost
And so it'll tell you your last frost date and your first frost date.
- And so it'll tell you your last frost date and your first frost date.
- They do not like frost, they don't like cold weather.
- Reason being is because your frosts come so much sooner.
- The cold meets the wet in the air and flicks frost to ashen it all.
Examples
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There's frost in every window
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During Christmas week of the eighth year, frost covered the mountains and the desert every day.
Fiction book (1990) -
The chance of frost after December 2 and before April 7 is 90 percent.
Academic text (1998) -
Clay is writing in the frost that has collected on the inside of his left window.
Fiction book (1990) -
Late bloom avoids frost damage and crop loss.
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On the street, a neighbor was scraping frost from a car windshield.
Fiction book (1990) -
To safeguard against frost, the farmers applied manure, mostly to insulate their plants.
Academic text (2011) -
You can tell just by the blush of the grape whether it's ready for harvest, whether it needs more water, but it always needs protection from frost.
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The geranium is a hardy flower and will withstand the severest of weather, except extreme frost.
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The grass was crisp and white, covered in a layer of frost after the chilly night.
Synonyms
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A hard surface of frozen water on which people walk or skate
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A thin layer of ice that forms on roads or power lines and makes them slippery
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A white frost of ice crystals that forms on plants and surfaces in cold weather
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A white layer of ice crystals that forms on trees, grass, and fences after a cold night
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A white layer of frozen water that forms on cold surfaces
A thin shiny layer of ice on grass or branches
Antonyms
Compounds
- Australian
A long thin sea fish with no scales and sharp teeth that lives in deep water
- US
A plant that lives for many years and makes thin ice at its base during frost and has white flowers
How Severe
Surface Forms
Etymology
Frost comes from an old German word meaning 'freezing' or 'ice'. It originally named the thin layer of ice that forms on the ground, so frost today means that icy layer or the cold weather that makes it.