frost
pronunciation
How to pronounce frost in British English:
UK [frɒst]
How to pronounce frost in American English:
US [frɔːst]
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- Noun:
- ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside)
- weather cold enough to cause freezing
- the formation of frost or ice on a surface
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- Verb:
- decorate with frosting
- provide with a rough or speckled surface or appearance
- cover with frost
- damage by frost
Word Origin
- frost
- frost: see freeze
- frost (n.)
- Old English forst, frost "frost, a freezing, frozen precipitation, extreme cold," from Proto-Germanic *frustaz- "frost" (cognates: Old Saxon, Old Frisian, Old High German frost, Middle Dutch and Dutch vorst), related to freosan "to freeze," from suffixed form of PIE *preus- "to freeze; burn" (see freeze (v.)). Both forms of the word were common in English till late 15c.; the triumph of frost may be due to its similarity to the forms in other Germanic languages. A black frost (late 14c.) is one which kills plants (turns them black) but is not accompanied by visible frozen dew.
- frost (v.)
- 1630s, "to cover with frost," from frost (n.). Intransitive sense of "to freeze" is from 1807. Related: Frosted; frosting.
Example
- 1. Thanks for watching video how to protect plants from frost
- 2. The first shoots of spring are often vulnerable to a frost .
- 3. Frost weathering is also important in regions where freeze-thaw cycles are commonplace .
- 4. The real challenge lies in creating an ideal texture that deflects unwanted frost formation and is also durable and scalable , dr. varanasi said .
- 5. The first frost always meant that papa was coming to see us .