frost
noun
a degree or state of coldness sufficient to cause the freezing of water.
frostlike
-
a word derived from
frost.
Example Sentences
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The results were visible and obvious: The control plates were nearly barren, but those with the norepinephrine bloomed with bacteria that filigreed in frostlike patterns.
From New York Times ● Jun. 23, 2015
On the unwounded streets of Brussels, occupation imposes its frostlike patterns of order.
From Time Magazine Archive
The pony’s tracks were plain enough, dragging through the frostlike dew on the young grass, tired tracks with little lines between them where the hoofs had dragged.
From "The Red Pony" by John Steinbeck
Now a sea grotto passes beneath us, marvelously beautiful with its frostlike tracery.
From Byways Around San Francisco Bay by William E. Hutchinson
Gretchen was always up when the morning was rosy, when the trees were still dark and motionless, and the beads of dew white and frostlike.
From The Goose Girl by Harold MacGrath
