cold frame
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of cold frame
First recorded in 1850–55
Example Sentences
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What would be better: a greenhouse or a modest cold frame?
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 24, 2024
Don’t open your cold frame if the temperature is below freezing, during a snowstorm, first thing in the morning, or in the evening or beyond, Warnock says.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 5, 2022
Of course I want that thick sheet of Perspex, for a possible future cold frame.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 12, 2018
Ms. Masterson, 51, learned how to use a cold frame and cultivate seedlings.
From New York Times ● Aug. 18, 2017
On the edge of the garden in a cold frame the tomato and bell pepper and cabbage sets were nearly ready for transplanting, waiting only for the passing of the frost danger.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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