frosted
Americanadjective
noun
adjective
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covered or injured by frost
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covered with icing, as a cake
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(of glass, etc) having a surface roughened, as if covered with frost, to prevent clear vision through it
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Etymology
Origin of frosted
Example Sentences
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Teen Fed was a Swiss talent with frosted tips and an attitude.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
Until 1 January, when they showed up as usual only to find the mirrors frosted.
From BBC ● Mar. 7, 2026
“You couldn’t see the fine details, but you could see everything else,” said Denise Milano Sprung of the frosted bathroom door of the hotel room she shared with her husband at the Calgary Airport Marriott.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 20, 2026
On a Wednesday evening in August, Celeste Perkins walked into El Atacor #1 in Cypress Park holding a towering three-tiered cake, frosted in American buttercream and airbrushed in oversaturated hues of red, green and blue.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2025
Instead, they were surrounded by great boulders of blue ice and beneath their feet snow lay thickly frosted upon the ground.
From "Mary Poppins" by P. L. Travers
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