Frost Definition

frôst, frŏst
frosted, frosting, frosts
noun
frosts
A freezing or state of being frozen.
Webster's New World
A temperature low enough to cause freezing.
Webster's New World
The icy crystals that form directly on a freezing surface as moist air contacts it; rime; hoarfrost.
Webster's New World
A period of weather when such deposits form.
American Heritage
Coolness of action, feeling, manner, etc.
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verb
frosted, frosting, frosts
To cover with frost.
Webster's New World
To damage, wither, or kill by freezing.
Webster's New World
To give a frostlike, opaque surface to (glass or metal)
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To cover with frosting, or icing.
Webster's New World
To apply lighter coloring to selected strands of (hair) using a chemical dye.
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pronoun

A surname​.

Wiktionary

Origin of Frost

  • From Middle English frost, from Old English frost (“frost”), from Proto-Germanic *frustaz (“frost”), from Proto-Indo-European *prews- (“to freeze; frost”). Cognate with West Frisian froast (“frost”), Dutch vorst (“frost”), German Frost (“frost”), Swedish frost (“frost”), Icelandic frost (“frost”), Latin pruīna (“hoarfrost, frost, rime, snow”). Related to freeze.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English from Old English preus- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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