frost
noun [C or U] /frɒst/
/frɑːst/ Definition
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2. Practise
B2 (a period of time in which there is) an air temperature below the freezing point of water, or the thin, white layer of ice which forms in these conditions, especially outside at night: There was a frost last night. When I woke up this morning the ground was covered with frost. There were a lot of hard/heavy (= severe) frosts that winter.Snow and iceCold
(Definition of frost noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- drift noun (MOVEMENT)
- frosty adjective
- frozen adjective
- frozen verb
- glaciated adjective
- glaciation noun
- hoarfrost noun
- ice cap noun
- icicle noun
- mogul noun (SNOW)
- permafrost noun
- powder noun
- sleet noun
- slushy adjective (SNOW)
- snow line noun
- snowfall noun
- snowman noun
- snowstorm noun
- snowy adjective
- sprinkle noun
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