1. Covered with frost; SYN. frosty, rimed, rimy.
2. (Of glass) Having a roughened coating resembling frost.
Ancient; SYN. rusty.
1. Covered with ice; chilled with ice.
2. Covered with something resembling ice, as sugar icing; frosted.
Gelée.
ETYM Old Eng. frost, forst, AS. forst, frost. from freósan to freeze; akin to Dutch varst, German, Old High Germ., Icel., Dan., and Swed. frost. Related to Freeze.
1. Ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside); SYN. hoar, hoarfrost, rime.
2. The formation of frost or ice on a surface; SYN. icing.
Condition of the weather that occurs when the air temperature is below freezing, 0şC/32şF. Water in the atmosphere is deposited as ice crystals on the ground or exposed objects. As cold air is heavier than warm, ground frost is more common than hoar frost, which is formed by the condensation of water particles in the same way that dew collects.
ETYM Written also horefrost. Related to Hoar.
The white particles formed by the freezing of dew; frost.