to frost
3
2.2
- verb
- /frɔst/
- But then I woke one dawn with the windows frosted over.
- frosted windows
- snow-frosted
- frosted window panes
Examples
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I'm just going to do one layer, then frost around the sides.
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It is time to frost and decorate.
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The car's heater could not compete with the cold, and the windows were beginning to frost over.
Fiction book (1997) -
The boy points at his window: letters have been finger-drawn on the frosted glass.
Fiction book (2002) -
But here and there, little ranch houses soon appear, with frosted windows and smoke streaming from chimneys.
Academic text (2001) -
In sharp silhouette on the frosted glass, we can see the three admen working inside.
Fiction book (1994) -
Now you're just gonna take your little mushed spatula and you're gonna frost all the edges.
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LeRoi had ducked around the side and was grateful that the left rearview mirror was frosted over.
Fiction book (2001) -
Tom made his way past the corrals, the frosted grass scrunching under the soles of his boots.
Fiction book (1995) -
After baking the cake, she decided to frost it with chocolate icing for a delicious finish.
Synonyms
215
1.0
Become solid because of cold, like water turning to ice
3
4.3
To form a layer of ice on something, making it slippery
2
3.4
Get covered in ice, for example a pond or window
1
3.2
To get a thin layer of ice on windows or car mirrors
Antonyms
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- US
1
9.9
A plant that lives for many years and makes thin ice at its base during frost and has white flowers
- Australian
A long thin sea fish with no scales and sharp teeth that lives in deep water
How Frozen
Surface Forms
Etymology
Frost as a verb comes from the same old German word for 'ice' and once meant 'to become covered with frost'. So, to frost something is to be covered by a thin layer of ice, or to be harmed by freezing.