frost
noun
[ frɒst ]
• a deposit of small white ice crystals formed on the ground or other surfaces when the temperature falls below freezing.
• "the lanes were glistening with frost"
Similar:
ice crystals,
ice,
rime,
rime ice,
verglas,
rime frost,
white frost,
black frost,
hoar frost,
ground frost,
Jack Frost,
hoar,
frost
verb
• cover (something) with or as if with frost; freeze.
• "shop windows were still frosted over"
• decorate (a cake or biscuit) with icing.
• "the cake Mama had just frosted"
Origin:
Old English frost, forst, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vorst and German Frost, also to freeze.
