frost
noun
a degree or state of coldness sufficient to cause the freezing of water.
Example Sentences
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Consumers responded with abandon to labor-saving devices: they bought 2,000,000 frostless refrigerators, 1,600,000 electric carving knives, hundreds of thousands of electric shoe polishers and self-cleaning ovens.
From Time Magazine Archive
In frostless sections, and even where protected by buildings, fences, etc., in moderate climates, the plants will continue to thrive for years.
From Culinary Herbs: Their Cultivation Harvesting Curing and Uses by M. G. (Maurice Grenville) Kains
They are really beans, and therefore can be grown in the winter time only in a few practically frostless places.
From One Thousand Questions in California Agriculture Answered by Edward J. (Edward James) Wickson
The plant is a sorghum - consequently subject to frost injury, and can only be grown during the frostless season as Indian corn is.
From One Thousand Questions in California Agriculture Answered by Edward J. (Edward James) Wickson
Irrigated uplands, even in the frostless season, are hardly suitable for the common buckwheat, although they may give the growth of Japanese buckwheat for beekeepers who use dark honey for bee feeding.
From One Thousand Questions in California Agriculture Answered by Edward J. (Edward James) Wickson
