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Synonyms for frost

Grammar : Noun
Spell : frawst, frost
Phonetic Transcription : frɔst, frɒst

Définition of frost

Origin :
  • Old English forst, frost "a freezing, becoming frozen, extreme cold," from Proto-Germanic *frusta- (cf. Old Saxon, Old Frisian, Old High German frost, Middle Dutch and Dutch vorst), related to freosan "to freeze," from PIE *preus- "to freeze; burn" (see freeze (v.)). Both forms of the word were common in English till late 15c.; the triumph of frost may be due to its similarity to the forms in other Germanic languages.
  • noun extreme cold
Example sentences :
  • The winter has been trying; there is rain one day, frost the next.
  • Extract from : « Ballads of a Bohemian » by Robert W. Service
  • "You will find that you are up against a hell of a frost," she would declare, brutally.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • At length the frost and snow really did come, and the Chickadees were in a woeful case.
  • Extract from : « Johnny Bear » by E. T. Seton
  • The tents that had whitened the plain were gone like a frost before the sun.
  • Extract from : « Old Greek Folk Stories Told Anew » by Josephine Preston Peabody
  • That is why we feel that expensive Arctic feasts would probably be a frost.
  • Extract from : « Alarms and Discursions » by G. K. Chesterton
  • In one corner a huge engine, covered with frost, gave off a chill greeting.
  • Extract from : « City of Endless Night » by Milo Hastings
  • That evening Mrs. Frost made a particular request for music.
  • Extract from : « The Inn at the Red Oak » by Latta Griswold
  • "Nancy has not been happy for some time, Dan," said Mrs. Frost.
  • Extract from : « The Inn at the Red Oak » by Latta Griswold
  • In return Dan repeated what he had learned about Nancy from Mrs. Frost.
  • Extract from : « The Inn at the Red Oak » by Latta Griswold
  • Tom's next task was to try to explain to Mrs. Frost without alarming her.
  • Extract from : « The Inn at the Red Oak » by Latta Griswold

Antonyms for frost

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