to frost
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5.3
- verb
- /frɔst/
:
esmerilar
- Light filtered through frosted glass and pigeon netting on the inside.
- frosted glass
- frosted window
- frosted glass door
Examples
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I think I saw you through a frosted window once, six years ago.
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For smaller pieces, frosted glass is the best method, and an umbrella does the trick for larger pieces.
Academic text (2007) -
Her hair, for example, was frosted just before she left Mobile.
Fiction book (1997) -
Through the frosted glass, she saw the image of a man.
Fiction book (2002) -
I could request the glass be frosted.
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Only I'd suggest frosted glass.
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Grace presses her face against the cold, frosted window, eager to get out.
Fiction book (1998) -
Luckily, the patio faced the wall of bathrooms with frosted glass windows.
Fiction book (2001) -
Cabinets lined the walls and sunlight filtered through a frosted glass window.
Fiction book (1996) -
The artist decided to frost the glass door to provide some privacy.
Phrasal Verbs
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
Surface Forms
Etymology
Frost was later used by picture: real frost makes glass look pale and slightly rough, so people began to call similar looks 'frosted'. That's why to frost glass or hair means to give it a light, pale, or speckled look like frost on a window.