cold frame

n. An unheated outdoor structure consisting of a wooden or concrete frame and a top of glass or clear plastic, used for protecting and acclimatizing seedlings and plants.

cold frame

n (Horticulture) an unheated wooden frame with a glass top, used to protect young plants from the cold

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n. a boxlike structure, usu. faced with glass, placed over a flower bed to protect plants, esp. seedlings. [1850–55]

Cold frame

An outdoor shelter for young plants that is covered with glass or, at night, with canvas. Its purpose was to help plants make a successful transition from a Hotbed or the house to an unprotected garden.

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Noun

cold frame - protective covering consisting of a wooden frame with a glass top in which small plants are protected from the coldprotective cover, protective covering, protection - a covering that is intend to protect from damage or injury; "they had no protection from the fallout"; "wax provided protection for the floors"

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in horticulture, sun-heated board frame covered with a removable top of glass or other transparent material and sunk into the ground. The top may be solid or slatted or screened for shade. The cold frame is used to start seedlings in early spring (four to six weeks before the average frost-free date), to harden seedlings or plants removed from greenhouses or hotbeds, and to protect plants during the winter. A hotbedhotbed,
low, glass-covered frame structure for starting tender plants. It differs from a cold frame only in that the soil is heated—either artificially as by underground electric wiring or steampipes, or naturally with partially fermented stable manure, which is mixed with
..... Click the link for more information. is an artificially heated cold frame.

cold frame

Horticulture an unheated wooden frame with a glass top, used to protect young plants from the cold

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noun protective covering consisting of a wooden frame with a glass top in which small plants are protected from the cold

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