| 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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