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Synonyms for frost

Most common

rime hoar frost hoar

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A cover of minute ice crystals on objects that are exposed to the air. Frost is formed by the same process as dew, except that the temperature of the frosted object is below freezing.

Forms

Plural
frosts → rimes, hoars, freezes, freezings…

Example sentences

  • rime The part of a syllable after the onset is called the rime.
  • hoar Senator Hoar spoke strongly against the treaty.
  • freeze Don't cross your eyes or they'll freeze that way.
  • freezing I took my boots off because my feet were freezing.
  • icing She piped delicate flowers on the cake with icing.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
frostfalling
rimesteady
hoarsteady
freezefalling
freezingfalling

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
rime1, hoar1
5 letters
icing2
6 letters
freeze1
8 letters
freezing2, coldness2
12 letters
uncordiality
13 letters
unsociability

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (icing2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
gel
Italiano
gelo
Deutsch
Frost
Català
gelada