Phrase Hound found 61 phrases and 52 compound words that contain frost. The most common are listed below. Open frost in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 61
- Father FrostIn Slavic culture, especially Russia, a traditional Yuletide gift-bearing character.
- Jack FrostA personification of frosty weather or winter.
- hoar frostOriginally, any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces.
- black frostCold so intense as to freeze vegetation and turn it black, without the formation of hoar frost.
- ground frostThe condition of air temperature dropping below the freezing point at or near ground level.
- frost fairA winter event held on top of frosty, frozen, or snow-covered ground, or on a frozen body of water. It typically consists of a variety of vendors and various hands-on games, sports, or rides.
- frost lineThe depth to which the water present in the soil is expected to freeze in winter.
- frost heaveA raising of the level of the ground due to the freezing of moist soil
- frost giantA type of large, strong, and fearsome supernatural beings that live in cold and icy regions.
- frost quakeSynonym of cryoseism: A seismic event caused by sudden glacial movements or by a sudden cracking action in frozen soil or rock saturated with water or ice.
- frost burnfrostbite
- frost flowerA structure of ice crystals, formed on some plants, that resemble a flower
- frost flowersplural of frost flower: A structure of ice crystals, formed on some plants, that resemble a flower
- frost giantsplural of frost giant: A type of large, strong, and fearsome supernatural beings that live in cold and icy regions.
- frost pocketSynonym of frost hollow: An enclosed depression with a much lower average temperature than the surrounding landscape, caused by the accumulation of cold, dense air.
- frost pocketsplural of frost pocket: An enclosed depression with a much lower average temperature than the surrounding landscape, caused by the accumulation of cold, dense air.
- frost pointThe temperature at which the air is saturated with respect to water vapor over an ice surface.
- killing frostSynonym of black frost (“cold that freezes vegetation”).
- white frostSynonym of hoar frost: Originally, any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces.
- frost hollowAn enclosed depression with a much lower average temperature than the surrounding landscape, caused by the accumulation of cold, dense air.
- frost fairsplural of frost fair: A winter event held on top of frosty, frozen, or snow-covered ground, or on a frozen body of water. It typically consists of a variety of vendors and various hands-on games, sports, or rides.
- frost grapeVitis vulpina.
- frost beardSynonym of hair ice: A type of ice resembling fine, silky hair, forming on dead wood in the presence of certain fungi.
- duck-frostAlternative form of duck's frost: A slight frost visible in the morning; (jocularly) rain (overnight).
- frost weatheringPhysical rock breakdown by freezing water.
Compound words 52
- frostbiteAn injury suffered as a result of freezing of some part of the body, typically fingers, toes or the nose.
- frostproofResistant to frost.
- frostbittenAffected by frostbite.
- frostburnDamage to a plant due to frost which results is leaves looking burnt.
- frostieA chilled glass or can of beer.
- antifrostPreventing, or countering the effects of frost.
- superfrostGroundwater that is found immediately above the permafrost layer, which seasonally thaws, but is kept frozen more of the year due to the cold from the permafrost layer.
- befrostTo place frost upon; cover with frost
- frosterOne who applies frosting.
- frostlessWithout frost.