I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
frosted glass (= glass with a rough surface so that it is not transparent )
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The bathroom windows were made of frosted glass.
Jack Frost
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
early
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The early frost today was a worry.
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Dresden Heide Dresden Their feet crunched on the brittle undergrowth, leaving sharp footprints where the early morning frost had taken hold.
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To see that the sowing is begun sufficiently early to avoid risks of early frosts . 17.
hard
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Mangolds must be lifted and clamped before the risk of any hard frost .
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Apart from the brief cold spell in late November, we have had very few hard frosts .
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And the snow was so hard with the frost that you could walk over it with safety.
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After a hard frost the passage walls sweated and water trickled down the corridors.
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It had been a very hard frost , the path was very slippery, and that night was particularly cold.
heavy
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Even when the blossom was browned by heavy frost just before Christmas, it took only a fortnight to recover.
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I awoke the next morning to a heavy frost .
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Frost bites HEAVY frost is threatening today's meetings.
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It was exceptionally cold with a heavy frost .
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After heavy frosts the roots may have lifted or loosened.
late
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Or late frosts , and drizzle throughout August?
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Experts are blaming cool, wet weather throughout June, perhaps coupled with late frosts .
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It would never survive, of course; the slightest hint of a late frost and it would wither and drop.
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One afternoon I was bundled on to an open lorry where about 40 others were already shivering in the late autumn frost .
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But late frosts may have hit the barleys, he believes.
severe
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Occasionally, as in the winter of 1982, there is severe frost .
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Snow, water and severe frosts hit sport although still some action with grayling in upper reaches.
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Plentiful moisture in the extreme northern latitudes, for example, is rendered useless by severe winter frost and an abbreviated growing season.
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As soon as the chance of a severe frost is passed, remover any winter protection from semi-tender plants.
sharp
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There had been a sharp frost overnight and the ground was frozen hard.
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The ground was hardened by a sharp frost making the going firm on a fine, sunny day.
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There was a sharp edge of frost in the air.
white
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The pavements and cars are all covered in this white frost sort of stuff.
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Their leaves fall in droves when the sun hits them in the morning, and then they settle on to white hoar frost .
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Some of their potatoes have adapted to cold so they can still grow when their leaves are white with frost .
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It was black as night at new moon and white as frost at first light.
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Even with the blankets it was very chilly, and in the morning the ground was white with frost .
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Cloud flooded the southern valleys but our night was clear and starry, the coldest yet, with a white ground frost .
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There were stars in the clear, dark sky, and a white frost over the moor.
■ NOUN
damage
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Avoid an east-facing situation to prevent frost damage and cut back long growth immediately after flowering.
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The market lost its earlier gains on perceptions the coldest temperatures came in areas where previous frost damage forced an early harvest.
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This can then encourage rot to grow on timber, and may also result in frost damage to masonry in cold weather.
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In mild winters apples buds began to break soon after Christmas, leaving them vulnerable to frost damage .
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Service pipes can run the length of the house and may need insulating against frost damage where exposed.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a hard winter/frost
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After a hard frost the passage walls sweated and water trickled down the corridors.
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All in all, the young have the odds stacked against them, especially in a hard winter.
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It looked as though it would be a hard winter.
frosted glass/window etc
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One of the tables, set behind an opaque frosted glass screen, is semi-private.
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The Controller's acknowledging smile was as brittle as frosted glass.
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The front door was open, revealing a stone-flagged porch, and an inner door with frosted glass in the top half.
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The headmaster appeared at the frosted glass of the door.
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The lack of a lock on the one and only toilet was compensated for by the frosted glass panels in the door.
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The taps rattled the frosted glass again.
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There was a row of frosted glass windows down one side, each fitted with an electric fan.
sharp wind/frost
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The ground was hardened by a sharp frost making the going firm on a fine, sunny day.
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There had been a sharp frost overnight and the ground was frozen hard.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Frost covered all the windows.
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A frost warning was issued for most of South Carolina.
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The Ohio valley is expecting the first frost of the season by Monday morning.
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There was frost on the windows and a chill in the air.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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After that it was all weather: frosts and rains and spring and summer, and the long days growing longer.
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Already the grass was becoming crisp with frost .
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At a great distance, the ghostly frost of a snow peak seemed suspended from the clear sky.
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During the first few weeks, check that they haven't been lifted by frost or pecked out by birds.
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Here and there the frost had drawn trees and other patterns on the windowpanes.
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Kevin Lindsay, a farmer in the northwest Iowa town of Correctionville, had frost on the inside of his windows.
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Or late frosts, and drizzle throughout August?
II. verb
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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As the particle is frosted with droplets of supercooled water, it begins the six-mile plunge to Earth.
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Continue beating while adding Karo syrup a little at a time, until frosting peaks.
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Mrs Clancy's was a marble cake frosted white and decorated with chocolate curls and chocolate creams.
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Overnight all the windowpanes had been frosted over.