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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
frost
frost [frost frosts frosted frosting] noun, verb BrE [frɒst] NAmE [frɔːst]
noun
1. uncountable, countable a weather condition in which the temperature drops below 0°C (= ↑freezing point ) so that a thin white layer of ice forms on the ground and other surfaces, especially at night
•It will be a clear night with some ground frost.
•a sharp/hard/severe frost
•There were ten degrees of frost (= the temperature dropped to -10°C) last night.
•frost damage
2. uncountable the thin white layer of ice that forms when the temperature drops below 0°C
•The car windows were covered with frost.
see also ↑hoar frost
Word Origin:
Old English frost, forst, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vorst and German Frost, also to ↑freeze.
Example Bank:
•The sharp frost nipped at our noses.
•The windows were covered in frost.
•The winter frosts have arrived.
•The winter frosts have set in up north.
•The young plants all died in the late frost.
•There was just a touch of frost in the air.
•There were ten degrees of frost last night.
•a heavy ground frost
•It will be a clear night with some ground frost.
•a sharp/hard/severe frost
verb
1. transitive, intransitive to cover sth or to become covered with a thin white layer of ice
•~ sth (over/up) The mirror was frosted up.
•~ (over/up) The windows had frosted over.
2. transitive ~ sth (especially NAmE)to cover a cake with ↑icing
Verb forms: 
Word Origin:
Old English frost, forst, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vorst and German Frost, also to ↑freeze.
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