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- [fraw-stid, fros-tid]
- /ˈfrɔ stɪd, ˈfrɒs tɪd/
- /ˈfrɒs.tɪd/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [fraw-stid, fros-tid]
- /ˈfrɔ stɪd, ˈfrɒs tɪd/
Definitions of frosted word
- adjective frosted covered with or having frost. 1
- adjective frosted made frostlike in appearance, as certain translucent glass: a frosted window; a frosted light bulb. 1
- adjective frosted coated or decorated with frosting or icing, as a cake. 1
- adjective frosted (of hair) highlighted, especially by bleaching selected strands. 1
- adjective frosted made with ice cream: frosted malted. 1
- adjective frosted quick-frozen. 1
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Origin of frosted
First appearance:
before 1635 One of the 43% oldest English words
First recorded in 1635-45; frost + -ed2
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Frosted
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
frosted popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 90% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
frosted usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for frosted
adj frosted
- ice-cold — cold as ice: Her feet were ice-cold.
- icy — made of, full of, or covered with ice: icy roads.
- frigid — very cold in temperature: a frigid climate.
- numb — deprived of physical sensation or the ability to move: fingers numb with cold.
- arctic — The Arctic is the area of the world around the North Pole. It is extremely cold and there is very little light in winter and very little darkness in summer.
verb frosted
- refrigerate — to make or keep cold or cool, as for preservation.
- freeze — to become hardened into ice or into a solid body; change from the liquid to the solid state by loss of heat.
- cool — Something that is cool has a temperature which is low but not very low.
- frost — Robert (Lee) 1874–1963, U.S. poet.
- congeal — When a liquid congeals, it becomes very thick and sticky and almost solid.
Antonyms for frosted
adj frosted
- continual — A continual process or situation happens or exists without stopping.
- hot — having or giving off heat; having a high temperature: a hot fire; hot coffee.
- warm — having or giving out a moderate degree of heat, as perceived by the senses: a warm bath.
- boiled — that has been brought to boiling point
- heated — made hot or hotter; warmed.
verb frosted
- heat — the state of a body perceived as having or generating a relatively high degree of warmth.
- hearten — to give courage or confidence to; cheer.
- incite — to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action: to incite a crowd to riot.
- continue — If someone or something continues to do something, they keep doing it and do not stop.
- inspirit — to infuse spirit or life into; enliven.
adjective frosted
- biassed — a particular tendency, trend, inclination, feeling, or opinion, especially one that is preconceived or unreasoned: illegal bias against older job applicants; the magazine’s bias toward art rather than photography; our strong bias in favor of the idea.
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