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
It may prove valuable, however, only for frostless regions.
From Florida: An Ideal Cattle State by Florida State Live Stock Association
To our surprise we learn that this is practically frostless, and that since this has been discovered many young orchards of oranges and lemons have been planted.
From A Truthful Woman in Southern California by Kate Sanborn
In Queensland, the culture of bananas is confined to the frostless belts of the eastern seaboard, as it is a plant that is extremely susceptible to cold, and is injured by the lightest frosts.
From Fruits of Queensland by Albert H. Benson
