Noun The grass was covered with frost. Frost formed on the window. These plants should bloom until the first frost of the season. We had an early frost. Verb The cold had frosted the windows. I have to frost the birthday cake. See More
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
Second, back then this frost was an extremely serious matter. Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Sep. 2022 The arriving frost changes the landscape, leading some participants to shift their priorities; some deal with issues from a diet with no diversity, while others struggle to maintain shelter. Olivia Mccormack, Washington Post, 8 Sep. 2022 But then, in mid-May, a severe frost killed every fruit on every tree. Tim Flannery, The New York Review of Books, 7 Sep. 2022 In 2021, a late frost damaged young buds, resulting in catastrophic crop losses. Hollie Stephens, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2022 This plant is a magnet for butterflies and hummingbirds and will bloom non-stop from planting until frost. Janet B. Carson, Arkansas Online, 4 Sep. 2022 After a warm October, Connecticut will wake up to its first widespread frost of the season Wednesday. Christine Dempsey, courant.com, 2 Nov. 2021 Parts of southern Texas might see its first frost in the beginning of December. Timothy Fanning, San Antonio Express-News, 5 Oct. 2021 Expect your Supertunias to continue blooming right up until a hard frost occurs. Sheryl Geerts, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Aug. 2022
Verb
Farmers in Brazil are dealing with the fallout from freakish weather last year, where plantations endured first drought and then frost. Yusuf Khan, WSJ, 21 Aug. 2022 Bake some Thanksgiving shape cookies and have the kids decorate them, get grandma in on rolling out the pie dough, or enlist a few cousins to frost a cake. Lizz Schumer, Good Housekeeping, 10 Aug. 2022 This season, Chris Riley lost 90% of his peach crop to frost. Leia Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 29 July 2022 Using the remaining buttercream, frost the cake with a smooth finish.New York Times, 16 Mar. 2022 The car also has a TV that rolls up and down, and a partition that can frost over. Greta Bjornson, PEOPLE.com, 29 Mar. 2022 To make ahead, let cake cool completely before wrapping tightly and leave on the kitchen counter until ready to frost or up to two days. Kim Sunée, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Feb. 2022 Between April 2020 and December 2021, the price of soybeans soared 52 percent, and corn and wheat both grew 80 percent, the fund’s data showed, while the price of coffee rose 70 percent, due largely to droughts and frost in Brazil.New York Times, 3 Feb. 2022 Exuberance becomes introspection as the strings slow, soften, and frost over in falling patterns and the percussionists switch from heavy forces to bells, rain sticks and slide whistles. Zachary Lewis, cleveland, 14 Jan. 2022 See More
Word History
Etymology
Noun
Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German frost — more at freeze
First Known Use
Noun
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a