frost
noun
/frɒst/
Word Forms
| singular | frost |
| plural | frosts |
By böhringer friedrich (Own work) [CC BY-SA 2.5 License], via Wikimedia Commons
- 1uncountable a thin white layer of ice that looks like powder and forms on things outside when the weather is very cold
bushes covered with frost
Synonyms and related wordsFrost, icy weather and freezingfrostblack iceicicle - 2countable/uncountable a period of weather cold enough to form frostan early/late frost (=in early autumn/late spring):
A late frost in May could easily kill these delicate plants.
a hard/heavy/sharp frost (=very cold weather):There’s going to be a hard frost overnight.
Synonyms and related wordsCold weather and periods of cold weathercoldfrostfreeze
frost
noun
/frɔst/
Word Forms
| singular | frost |
| plural | frosts |
By böhringer friedrich (Own work) [CC BY-SA 2.5 License], via Wikimedia Commons
- 1uncountable a thin white layer of ice that looks like powder and forms on things outside when the weather is very cold
bushes covered with frost
Synonyms and related wordsFrost, icy weather and freezingfrostblack iceicicle - 2countable/uncountable a period of weather cold enough to form frostan early/late frost (=in early fall/late spring):
A late frost in May could easily kill these delicate plants.
Synonyms and related wordsCold weather and periods of cold weathercoldfrostfreeze
frost
verb transitive mainly American
/frɒst/
Word Forms
| present tense | |
| I/you/we/they | frost |
| he/she/it | frosts |
| present participle | frosting |
| past tense | frosted |
| past participle | frosted |
- 1to put icing on a cakeSynonyms and related wordsPrepare food for cooking or eatingbakebeatblanch
phrasal verbs
frost over
frost
verb transitive
/frɔst/
Word Forms
| present tense | |
| I/you/we/they | frost |
| he/she/it | frosts |
| present participle | frosting |
| past tense | frosted |
| past participle | frosted |
- 1to put frosting on a cakeSynonyms and related wordsPrepare food for cooking or eatingbakebeatblanch
phrasal verbs
frost over
- come on
- come-on
- come on stream
- come on strong
- come on to
- come out
- come out in
- come out of
- come out of left field
- come out of the closet
- come out of your shell
- come out on top/come out tops
- come out smelling like a rose/of roses
- come out with
- come over
- come over to
- comer
- (come) rain or shine
- come round
- come running
- come someone’s way
- comestible
- comet
- come through
- come to