jack frost

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [jak frawst, frost]
- /dʒæk frɔst, frɒst/
- /dʒæk frɒst/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [jak frawst, frost]
- /dʒæk frɔst, frɒst/

Definitions of jack frost words

noun jack frost frost or freezing cold personified. 1
noun jack frost a personification of frost or winter 0
noun jack frost frost or cold weather personified 0

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Origin of jack frost

First appearance:

before 1815

One of the 39% newest English words

First recorded in 1815-25

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Parts of speech for Jack frost

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Jack frost

jack frost popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 36% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 70% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

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Synonyms for jack frost

noun jack frost

frost — Robert (Lee) 1874–1963, U.S. poet.
hoarfrost — frost (def 2).
gelidity — The state or quality of being gelid.
gelidness — The state or quality of being gelid.
winter — the cold season between autumn and spring in northern latitudes (in the Northern Hemisphere from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox; in the Southern Hemisphere from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox).

All 8 Synonyms of jack frost