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frosted adjective [ ˈfrɒstɪd ]

• covered with or as if with frost.
• "I stood looking out on the frosted garden"
• (of food) decorated or dusted with icing or sugar.
• "a dessert of frosted redcurrants"
• (of lipstick, eyeshadow, or nail varnish) having a pale, pearlescent sheen.
• "pink frosted lipstick"

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.


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