Term Gallery logo

Meanings of frosted in English

Wikidata

Sparkling thread made of precious metal sheets wrapped around a crinkled core.

        Frosted.

                Related terms
                Synonyms
                Examples for "frisé"
                Examples for "frisé"
                1
                Fricourt fell and its surrounding defences, while the French took Frise, Curlu, and Herbecourt.
                A Short History of the Great War
                2
                She was clipping a Bichon Frise when I got there.
                The burglar who painted like mondrian
                3
                Our Bichon Frise dog Milo died on June 6th.
                The Irish Times
                4
                He kicks, as it were, against a chevaux-de-frise of steel.
                Bred in the Bone; Or, Like Father, Like Son: A Novel
                5
                A bichon frise dog has also been badly hurt, and sheep and chickens killed.
                Radio NZ
                Usage of frosted in English
                1
                When Arthur woke the sun was pouring in through the frosted windows.
                The Second Chance
                2
                The 'Jersey Royals' got badly frosted, but the spuds were very good.
                The Guardian
                3
                The man had torn two of the lead-wires from the frosted earth.
                Lost in the Air
                4
                The fireless grate and frosted windows may well make the stoutest shudder.
                Flowers and Flower-Gardens / With an Appendix of Practical Instr...
                5
                Bees hummed through the air; the glass walls were frosted with condensation.
                Cruel Beauty
                6
                To his disappointment he found the lower half of the window frosted.
                The Haunted Bookshop
                7
                Moonlight through skylights frosted the longer run of the L-shaped upstairs hallway.
                Relentless
                8
                The port had frosted over as soon as they struck the fluid.
                The Naked God
                9
                I dissolve sugar into tea and shave ice into a frosted glass.
                Lit: a memoir
                10
                The plants should have been frosted and become perfectly dormant before removal.
                Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) / A Practical Guide to the ...
                11
                The richest finish for such a model is frosted plates and bridges.
                Watch and Clock Escapements / A Complete Study in Theory and Pra...
                12
                All along the road Miss Octavia had seen gardens frosted and spoiled.
                Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1909 to 1922
                13
                All she saw was fingers through his frosted window waving her in.
                Heat Rises
                14
                Add ½ teaspoon sprinkles to the top of each frosted Cone Cake.
                Hungry girl: 200 under 200: 200 recipes under 200 calories
                15
                The frosted-glass doors hissed open as I entered the Doormouse's excellent establishment.
                Sharper than a serpent's tooth
                16
                Without, a still dark night of November had frosted the dead grass.
                The Desert and the Sown
                About this term
                Frequent collocations
                Frosted through the time
                Frosted across language varieties
                United States of America
                Common
                United Kingdom
                Common