Frost
noun
A thin layer of ice on a solid surface, which forms from water vapor in an above freezing atmosphere coming in contact with a solid surface whose temperature is below freezing.
There was a thick layer of frost on the car this morning.
Often appears as...
- frost warning
- frost bite
noun
A weather condition when dew freezes.
The meteorologist announced that there would be frost tonight.
Often appears as...
- frost advisory
- ground frost
noun
A type of dessert topping for cakes or pastries, usually made of sugar and flavoring and used to cover or decorate baked goods.
She put chocolate frosting on the cupcakes.
Often appears as...
- cake frosting
- frosting recipe
verb
To cover with a layer of frost.
The cold temperatures overnight frosted the windows.
Often appears as...
- frost windows
- frost glass
verb
To cover a cake or other baked good with a layer of sweet icing or frosting.
After the cake cooled, she frosted it with cream cheese frosting.
Often appears as...
- frost cake
- frost cookies
noun
A thin layer of ice on a solid surface, which forms from water vapor in an above freezing atmosphere coming in contact with a solid surface whose temperature is below freezing.
There was a thick layer of frost on the car this morning.
Often appears as...
- frost warning
- frost bite
noun
A weather condition when dew freezes.
The meteorologist announced that there would be frost tonight.
Often appears as...
- frost advisory
- ground frost
noun
A type of dessert topping for cakes or pastries, usually made of sugar and flavoring and used to cover or decorate baked goods.
She put chocolate frosting on the cupcakes.
Often appears as...
- cake frosting
- frosting recipe
verb
To cover with a layer of frost.
The cold temperatures overnight frosted the windows.
Often appears as...
- frost windows
- frost glass
verb
To cover a cake or other baked good with a layer of sweet icing or frosting.
After the cake cooled, she frosted it with cream cheese frosting.
Often appears as...
- frost cake
- frost cookies
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/3Weather Related
Used to describe ice forming outside due to cold weather.
Farmers worry about frost damaging crops.
Pro Tip 2/3Visibility Hazard
Frost can affect visibility by forming on windows, requiring scraping or defrosting.
He used a scraper to remove the frost from his windshield.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Snow
Frost is not the same as snow; it forms directly on surfaces, not from falling precipitation.
Frost decorated the leaves, but no snow had fallen.
Pro Tip 1/3Weather Related
Used to describe ice forming outside due to cold weather.
Farmers worry about frost damaging crops.
Pro Tip 2/3Visibility Hazard
Frost can affect visibility by forming on windows, requiring scraping or defrosting.
He used a scraper to remove the frost from his windshield.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Snow
Frost is not the same as snow; it forms directly on surfaces, not from falling precipitation.
Frost decorated the leaves, but no snow had fallen.
Pro Tip 1/3Weather Related
Used to describe ice forming outside due to cold weather.
Farmers worry about frost damaging crops.
Pro Tip 2/3Visibility Hazard
Frost can affect visibility by forming on windows, requiring scraping or defrosting.
He used a scraper to remove the frost from his windshield.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Snow
Frost is not the same as snow; it forms directly on surfaces, not from falling precipitation.
Frost decorated the leaves, but no snow had fallen.
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How plants tell time -...
In the absence of sunlight, they metabolize and grow, breaking down the starch from the previous day's energy harvest. Many plants have seasonal rhythms as well. As spring melts the winter frost, phytochromes sense the longer days and increasing light,
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The habits of happiness...
It looks very menacing, like a billowing monsoon cloud or thunderstorm. We think we could sit on the cloud, but if you go there, it's just mist. Likewise, if you look at the thought of anger, it will vanish like frost under the morning sun.
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Wade Davis: Into the...
at first but when it came far as we had traveled from our civilized world of a few months back the savagery of it of the sight of men choking to death with yellow frost lying on the floor and out on the fields made me rage with an anger
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Cakes of Deception PIPE...
versus delicious this is the fancy one this is much better this is really good derp people really seem to like the expensive cake they said it was delicious they said it was moist and had better frosting makes sense you get what you
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A Frigid Lesson PIPE Great...
really cold in here yeah it really is but this will help us find out exactly what happens with frostbite and natalie is about to learn firsthand how quickly frost can bite I'll take your glove off
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Mystery of the Akapana...
grow but then a tremendous frost hit the Altiplano it devastated other fields but the crops planted along the canals were not affected the key to the sophistication of these of this raised
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Shea Hembrey: How I...
to leave her life's mark, the mark of her life. And so this is five-foot, five-inches of frost that she left behind. The sun rises, and it melts away.
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The healing power of...
Reading charged his inner life with mystery, with imagination, with beauty. Reading gave him images that gave him mountain, ocean, deer, frost.
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A history of intertwining...
I I didn't actually shoot that footage my good friend Trevor frosted it was sort of a home movie for us and there
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Arctic Wolf Hunts Baby...
conditions on earth flood fire and frost and still flourish
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How plants tell time -...
In the absence of sunlight, they metabolize and grow, breaking down the starch from the previous day's energy harvest. Many plants have seasonal rhythms as well. As spring melts the winter frost, phytochromes sense the longer days and increasing light,
Video examples
The habits of happiness...
It looks very menacing, like a billowing monsoon cloud or thunderstorm. We think we could sit on the cloud, but if you go there, it's just mist. Likewise, if you look at the thought of anger, it will vanish like frost under the morning sun.
Video examples
Wade Davis: Into the...
at first but when it came far as we had traveled from our civilized world of a few months back the savagery of it of the sight of men choking to death with yellow frost lying on the floor and out on the fields made me rage with an anger
Video examples
Cakes of Deception PIPE...
versus delicious this is the fancy one this is much better this is really good derp people really seem to like the expensive cake they said it was delicious they said it was moist and had better frosting makes sense you get what you
Video examples
A Frigid Lesson PIPE Great...
really cold in here yeah it really is but this will help us find out exactly what happens with frostbite and natalie is about to learn firsthand how quickly frost can bite I'll take your glove off
Video examples
Mystery of the Akapana...
grow but then a tremendous frost hit the Altiplano it devastated other fields but the crops planted along the canals were not affected the key to the sophistication of these of this raised
Video examples
Shea Hembrey: How I...
to leave her life's mark, the mark of her life. And so this is five-foot, five-inches of frost that she left behind. The sun rises, and it melts away.
Video examples
The healing power of...
Reading charged his inner life with mystery, with imagination, with beauty. Reading gave him images that gave him mountain, ocean, deer, frost.
Video examples
A history of intertwining...
I I didn't actually shoot that footage my good friend Trevor frosted it was sort of a home movie for us and there
Video examples
Arctic Wolf Hunts Baby...
conditions on earth flood fire and frost and still flourish
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Quote examples
J. R. R. Tolkien
English Novelist
All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost; the old that is strong does not wither, deep roots are not reached by the frost.
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Ron Ben-Israel
Israeli Chef
The process of making a wedding cake is complex on its own, from designing, mis-en-place, baking, frosting, structuring, decorating, to delivering.
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Timothy B. Schmit
American Musician
A great song has to stand on its own, just singing and playing, and the rest is frosting. But you have to pay attention to the frosting.
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Amy Bloom
American Writer
If the characters are not alive to me, it doesn't matter how good the sentences are. It just becomes all cake and no frosting.
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Samuel Johnson
English Writer
Wine gives a man nothing... it only puts in motion what had been locked up in frost.
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Gloria Steinem
American Activist
America is an enormous frosted cupcake in the middle of millions of starving people.
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Roy Hibbert
Jamaican Athlete
Would I like to have a red velvet cupcake with cream cheese frosting? Yeah, I would.
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Adam Riess
American Scientist
We're really just the frosting on a cake and we don't know what's inside the cake.
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Tabitha King
American Author
Writing is only the frosting on my cake. I'm whole without it.
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Peter Davison
American Poet
Frost is the most sophisticated of poets.
Quote examples
J. R. R. Tolkien
English Novelist
All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost; the old that is strong does not wither, deep roots are not reached by the frost.
Quote examples
Ron Ben-Israel
Israeli Chef
The process of making a wedding cake is complex on its own, from designing, mis-en-place, baking, frosting, structuring, decorating, to delivering.
Quote examples
Timothy B. Schmit
American Musician
A great song has to stand on its own, just singing and playing, and the rest is frosting. But you have to pay attention to the frosting.
Quote examples
Amy Bloom
American Writer
If the characters are not alive to me, it doesn't matter how good the sentences are. It just becomes all cake and no frosting.
Quote examples
Samuel Johnson
English Writer
Wine gives a man nothing... it only puts in motion what had been locked up in frost.
Quote examples
Gloria Steinem
American Activist
America is an enormous frosted cupcake in the middle of millions of starving people.
Quote examples
Roy Hibbert
Jamaican Athlete
Would I like to have a red velvet cupcake with cream cheese frosting? Yeah, I would.
Quote examples
Adam Riess
American Scientist
We're really just the frosting on a cake and we don't know what's inside the cake.
Quote examples
Tabitha King
American Author
Writing is only the frosting on my cake. I'm whole without it.
Quote examples
Peter Davison
American Poet
Frost is the most sophisticated of poets.
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