Frosted
['frɒstɪd] or ['frɔstɪd]
Definition
(adj.) (of glass) having a roughened coating resembling frost; 'frosted glass' .
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Definition
(a.) Covered with hoarfrost or anything resembling hoarfrost; ornamented with frosting; also, frost-bitten; as, a frosted cake; frosted glass.
Typist: Lucinda
Examples
- At the shore, where the ice has been partly forced out along the banks, it will be full of grass, leaves, pebbles and sticks, and presents a broken and frosted appearance. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Dip an oar, and its blade turns to splendid frosted silver, tinted with blue. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Reflects the new Veneering crest, in gold and eke in silver, frosted and also thawed, a camel of all work. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- At which his mother merely pursed her lips under the lace veil that hung down from her grey velvet bonnet trimmed with frosted grapes. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
Typist: Lucinda