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Meanings of frost in English

Russian
иней
Portuguese
geada branca
Catalan
gelada
Spanish
escarcha
Wikidata

Coating or deposit of ice that may form in humid air in cold conditions, usually overnight.

        Related terms
        иней
        Portuguese
        geada
        Catalan
        gebre

        Ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside)

              geada
              Portuguese
              frio
              Catalan
              gelada

              Weather cold enough to cause freezing.

                    frio
                    Portuguese
                    geada
                    Catalan
                    gelada
                    Spanish
                    helada

                    The formation of frost or ice on a surface.

                          geada
                          Usage of frost in English
                          1
                          Below him the galleries were forsaken; they were creaking in the frost.
                          Pelle the Conqueror — Volume 03
                          2
                          Nov. 5-Germansin critical position; frost a new misery of the campaign.
                          The New York Times Current History: the European War, February, ...
                          3
                          Despite his efforts, a fine frost began to form along the collar.
                          Servant of a dark god
                          4
                          Moreover, it had suffered badly in a frost of some years previous.
                          Earth Abides
                          5
                          Then the frost shone out in the shape of the vanished shadow.
                          The Seaboard Parish Volume 1
                          6
                          Today's meeting at Lingfield has been abandoned because the course is frost-bound.
                          The Irish Times
                          7
                          But we know what happened: frost after frost just wiped them out.
                          The Irish Times
                          8
                          This is the frost coming out of the ground; this is Spring.
                          Walden, and On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience
                          9
                          The frost is not a problem for the operation of the spacecraft.
                          Wired
                          10
                          At night the tree-boles cracked in the frost and their branches broke.
                          Tales of the Wilderness
                          11
                          The garden was now dead and sear in the late October frost.
                          The Lost Lady of Lone
                          12
                          The trees cannot endure frost and must be irrigated in the summer.
                          Stories of California
                          13
                          Numerous pictures of frost-hit crops were posted on social media on Monday.
                          Reuters
                          14
                          I know him well; I fed him during the frost last winter.
                          Dawn
                          15
                          One night of frost would bring down a million tons of it.
                          The new yorker
                          16
                          However, course officials aren't optimistic about the cross-channel highlight beating the frost.
                          The Irish Times
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                          Translations for frost
                          Russian
                          иней
                          Frost through the time
                          Frost across language varieties
                          United Kingdom
                          Common
                          Ireland
                          Common
                          South Africa
                          Common
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