frost
/fɹɔst/ nom B1En français : givre, gel
- A cover of minute ice crystals on objects that are exposed to the air. Frost is formed by the same process as dew, except that the temperature of the frosted object is below freezing.
- The cold weather that causes these ice crystals to form.
- Coldness or insensibility; severity or rigidity of character.
- A shade of white, like that of frost.
- A disappointment; a cheat.
- A kind of light diffuser.
Pluriel frosts
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Dans la bibliothèque
Not many days later, winter set in again with renewed frost and cold.
A bright fire was glowing in the old-fashioned Waterloo stove and blue-white frost crystals were shining on the windowpanes.
I’m so glad I live in a world where there are white frosts, aren’t you?
You remember the kind of numb cold which used to come at evening, a deadly, sickening sort of cold, very different from a crisp healthy frost.
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