NOUN | substance | frost, hoar, hoarfrost, rime | ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside) |
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phenomenon | frost, freeze | weather cold enough to cause freezing / freezing | |
process | frost, icing | the formation of frost or ice on a surface | |
person | Frost, Robert Frost, Robert Lee Frost | United States poet famous for his lyrical poems on country life in New England (1874-1963) | |
VERB | contact | frost, ice | decorate with frosting |
contact | frost | provide with a rough or speckled surface or appearance | |
contact | frost | cover with frost | |
change | frost | damage by frost |
Sounds | frao'st | |
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Rhymes | accost ... Pentecost: 12 rhymes with aost... |
Meaning | ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside). | |
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Synonyms | hoar, hoarfrost, rime | |
Broader | ice, water ice | water frozen / frozen in the solid state |
Spanish | escarcha, helada, hoar | |
Catalan | gebre, gelada, glaçada, hoar | |
Adjectives | frosty | covered with frost |
Verbs | frost | cover with frost |
Meaning | weather cold enough to cause freezing / freezing. | |
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Synonym | freeze | |
Broader | cold weather | A period of unusually cold weather |
Spanish | helada | |
Catalan | gelada, glaçada | |
Adjectives | frosty | pleasantly cold and invigorating |
Verbs | frost | damage by frost |
Meaning | The formation of frost or ice on a surface. | |
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Synonym | icing | |
Broader | freeze, freezing | The withdrawal of heat to change something from a liquid / liquid to a solid |
Spanish | escarcha, helada, rosada | |
Catalan | gebrada, gebre, gelada, glaçada | |
Adjectives | frosty | covered with frost |
Verbs | frost | cover with frost |
Meaning | United States poet famous for his lyrical poems on country life in New England (1874-1963). | |
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Synonyms | Robert Frost, Robert Lee Frost | |
Instance of | poet | A writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry) |
Spanish | Robert Frost, Robert Lee Frost | |
Catalan | Robert Frost | |
Adjectives | Frostian | of or relating to or in the manner of Robert Frost |
Meaning | decorate with frosting. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Example | "frost a cake" | |
Synonym | ice | |
Category | cooking, cookery, preparation | The act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat |
Broader | cover | Provide with a covering or cause to be covered |
Spanish | adornar con escarcha, alcorzar, escarchar | |
Nouns | frosting | a flavored sugar topping used to coat and decorate cakes |
Meaning | Provide with a rough or speckled surface or appearance. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
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Broader | cover | Provide with a covering or cause to be covered |
Meaning | Cover with frost. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s something | |
Example | "ice crystals frosted the glass" | |
Broader | cover | Provide with a covering or cause to be covered |
Nouns | frost | the formation of frost or ice on a surface |
frost | ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside) |
Meaning | Damage by frost. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s something | |
Example | "The icy precipitation frosted the flowers and they turned brown" | |
Broader | damage | inflict damage / damage upon |
Spanish | escarcharse, escarchar | |
Nouns | frost | weather cold enough to cause freezing / freezing |
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