white frost
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of white frost
Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400
Example Sentences
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The kind of game that left men hobbling off the field with “stingers” and exhaling long plumes of white frost as the snow blew sideways.
From Washington Post • Jan. 23, 2022
I remember opening the freezer looking for the frozen peas and finding them locked in a solid mass of hairy white frost.
From Salon • May 4, 2019
When they put their mouths close to the pane and blew their breath on it, the white frost melted and ran in drops down the glass.
From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder
There was a coating of white frost over everything.
From "The Thief Lord" by Cornelia Funke
He breathed it out in clouds and it froze in white frost on his mustache and beard.
From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder
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