Frost

Definitions

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

Equivalents

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.””

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