adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a cold/frosty morning
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Porridge tastes good on a cold morning.
a cool/chilly/frosty reception (= not friendly or approving )
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His idea got a cool reception from his colleagues.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
morning
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Harry tugged back the curtains and squinted out at the painful brightness of a frosty morning .
night
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I hate frosty nights and damp dark days with sleety rain - if that is New Year weather you can keep it.
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Tiny birds spent frosty nights sleeping on rooftops and on branches.
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No doubt if she had been less absorbed, she would have heard the footsteps ring out into the frosty night behind her.
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Dense foggy mornings, frosty nights , a lucent crown of brilliant red and golden leaves on the distant ridge.
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Expect frosty nights , foggy dawns, and snow on the Alpine passes.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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After their quarrel things between Maria and her father were rather frosty .
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I tapped on the frosty window and said, "Anybody home?"
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It was a frosty autumn morning with spiders' webs glistening in the frozen grass.
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They were both shivering slightly from the frosty air.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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His voice had become unmistakably frosty .
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I hate frosty nights and damp dark days with sleety rain - if that is New Year weather you can keep it.
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It has been sent back with a frosty message from one of his constituents, who is unidentified.
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January 28, 1989 was a cold, frosty day with mist across the Fens.
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The morning of December 31, 1862, came on with a cloudless sky and a ringing, frosty air.
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When we left the forest, pale moonlight reflected dimly on the frosty ground and it was easier to see.