FROST
What does "FROST" mean?
A thin coating of ice crystals that forms on cold surfaces when water vapor freezes.
Meanings
- A deposit of small white ice crystals on surfaces when the temperature falls below freezing. A silver frost laced every blade of grass at dawn.
- Weather cold enough to freeze; a period of freezing temperatures. A late spring frost killed half the orchard's blossoms.
- Coldness or reserve in manner. There was a distinct frost between the two rivals. figurative
- To cover with frosting, or to give a frosted finish. She frosted the cake with thick white buttercream.
Word origin
From Old English 'forst' or 'frost', from the same Germanic root as 'freeze', tracing to a Proto-Indo-European base meaning to freeze or burn with cold.
Remember it
FROST is FROze's cold cousin - both start with FRO, the chill of frozen breath.
A little poem
Overnight the field
is signed in a stranger's hand -
white, gone by midday.
haiku
Wordplay
- Why did the baker and the weatherman never argue? Each one knew the other's frost was the better one.
What it teaches
Frost writes beautifully and erases by noon; the most delicate things keep the shortest appointments.
Quick facts
What does FROST mean?
A thin coating of ice crystals that forms on cold surfaces when water vapor freezes.
Is FROST a valid word?
Yes — FROST is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is FROST?
FROST has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does FROST come from?
From Old English 'forst' or 'frost', from the same Germanic root as 'freeze', tracing to a Proto-Indo-European base meaning to freeze or burn with cold.
What can FROST teach us?
Frost writes beautifully and erases by noon; the most delicate things keep the shortest appointments.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.