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FROST/frɒst/

Frost is a thin white ice that covers grass, cars, and windows when it is very cold. Often uncountable: frost on the grass, a hard frost. Snow falls in flakes; ice is thicker; frost is a thin white cover. Frosty is the adjective. Not forest (trees) — extra e and different meaning.

Meaning

A thin white ice that covers things when it is very cold.

Examples

• “There is frost on the car this morning.”
• “Scrape the frost off the window.”
• “There was frost on the football pitch.”

Good to know

uncountable: frost. Contrast: snow (flakes), ice (thicker). Mix-up: forest. Adjective: frosty.

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