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Meaning of Frost | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1 Standard
fɹɒst

Definitions

  1. A surname.
  2. 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.
  3. A number of places in the United States:
  4. An unincorporated community in Livingston Parish, Louisiana.
  5. The cold weather that causes these ice crystals to form.
  6. Coldness or insensibility; severity or rigidity of character.
  7. A township in Clare County, Michigan.
  8. The act of freezing; the congelation of water or other liquid.
  9. A minor city in Faribault County, Minnesota.
  10. A shade of white, like that of frost.
  11. An unincorporated community in Athens County, Ohio.
  12. A disappointment; a cheat.
  13. A minor city in Navarro County, Texas.
  14. A kind of light diffuser.
  15. An unincorporated community in Pocahontas County, West Virginia.

Equivalents

العربية صقعة صقيع فروست
Azərbaycanca ayaz don qırov şaxta sazaq
Беларуская мароз
Български мраз скреж слана
Čeština jíní jinovatka mráz
Cymraeg barrug rhew
Deutsch Frost glasieren reif
Esperanto frosto prujno
فارسی سرما هسر
Français Frost Gel givre
Gaeilge cuisne reo sioc
Gàidhlig reòta reòthadh
Galego barutar carazo lazo rosada xeada xear
עברית כְּפוֹר קרה
हिन्दी शिशिर हिम
Magyar dér fagy zúzmara
Bahasa Indonesia ibun rime
Íslenska frost hrím hríma
Italiano brina brinare gelare gelata gelo glassare
日本語
ქართული ყინვა
Қазақша аяз суық
한국어 서리 성에
Кыргызча кыроо суук
Lëtzebuergesch Frascht Räif
Latviešu sāls
Te Reo Māori hauhanga hukapapa hukapuri makariri pani
Македонски мраз
Bahasa Melayu ibun
Nederlands berijpen rijm rijp vorst
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ککر
Português escarchar frio geada
Română brumă ger
සිංහල තුෂාරය
Slovenčina mráz
Slovenščina mraz
Српски mraz мраз слана
Svenska frost köld rimfrost
తెలుగు హిమము
Türkmençe aýaz
Tagalog andap
Türkçe buzlanmak don kırağı soğuk
Українська іній мороз
Oʻzbekcha sovuq

Examples

“Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes.”
“It is more probable, in almost every country of Europe, that there will be frost sometime in January, than that the weather will continue open throughout that whole month;”
“It was one of those moments of intense feeling when the frost of the Scottish people melts like a snow-wreath.”
“Frosts and diffusion are flame retardant and produce similar results except that some of the frosts are very subtle in their effects. For example: Hamburg Frost will soften the beam edge with little additional spread of the beam.”
“A video filmed and shared on the social media site Bluesky by Florida Congressman Maxwell Frost, also a Democrat, shows Hairfield outside the building and several officers from the federal Department of Homeland Security behind the doors, labeled “All Access Entrance.””

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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