frost
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.
Noun 4 meanings
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.
The cold weather that causes these ice crystals to form.
Coldness or insensibility; severity or rigidity of character.
A shade of white, like that of frost.
Verb 4 meanings
To cover with frost.
To become covered with frost.
To coat (something, e.g. a cake) with icing to resemble frost.
To anger or annoy.
“I think the boss's decision frosted him a bit.”
Etymology
From Middle English frost, from an unmetathesized variant of Old English forst (“frost”), from Proto-Germanic *frustaz (“frost”), from Proto-Indo-European *prews- (“to freeze; frost”).
FROST at a glance
FROST has 5 letters and scores 8 points in Scrabble (F 4 + R 1 + O 1 + S 1 + T 1) and 8 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #7,575 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with frost
All rhymesOne letter away
- FRONT8
- PROST7
- FRIST8
- FROSH11
- CROST7
- FRUST8
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