frost-free
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of frost-free
Example Sentences
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It will feel warm in the sunshine with temperatures reaching 17C in places and the nights should stay frost-free.
From BBC • Mar. 7, 2025
Make sure the plants you select have sufficient frost-free growing days to mature and flower or produce fruit.
From Seattle Times • May 22, 2024
There's a patch of concrete on Drexel University's campus that could portend a frost-free future for sidewalks and highways in the Northeast.
From Science Daily • Mar. 18, 2024
Those extra weeks of frost-free weather mean a moose meandering in the brush can acquire tens of thousands of more ticks on its coat than it would otherwise.
From Reuters • Oct. 28, 2022
“It’s only frost-free if you leave it closed. If you leave it ajar, water will eventually condense and freeze against the walls. Then you can scrape it off and melt it.”
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
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