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Definition: Frosted |
FrostedAdjective1. Covered with frost; "frosted windowpanes"; "a frosty glass"; "hedgerows were rimed and stiff with frost"-Wm.Faulkner. 2. (of glass) having a roughened coating resembling frost; "frosted glass". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "frosted" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1817. (references) |
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Mechanical Engineering | Coated with frost. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Synonyms: FrostedSynonyms: frosty (adj), rimed (adj), rimy (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Frosted |
| English words defined with "frosted": black haw ♦ glaucous ♦ Moire metallique ♦ petit four ♦ unfrosted ♦ Viburnum prunifolium. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "frosted": BARREL STRAIGHTENER I ♦ DEFLECTOR OPERATOR ♦ lights inspector ♦ Scarabee ♦ wine-bottle inspector. (references) |
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Screenplays | Frosted chocolate (The Gay Divorcee; writing credit: J. Hartley Manners; Dwight Taylor) Stuff him and put him in a glass case, only I'd suggest frosted glass (The Trouble with Harry; writing credit: Jack Trevor Story; John Michael Hayes) Pop-Tarts are frosted! (South Park; writing credit: Rocco Siffredi) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Frosted Blade (1976) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Frosted leaves (big leaf maple) along West Forks Evans Creek. Credit: Terry Tuttle. |  | Frosted Thistle along East Evans Creek. Credit: Terry Tuttle. |
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| "Frosted" by R. Barbara Pogacar Commentary: "Frosted brown leaves." | "Frosted Car" by Jack Hirsch Commentary: "Ice on a car :-)." |
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Business | Pearl and frosted finishes; white over color as a highlight; origami folds pressed into garments; color blocking; painted fabric resembling the orient; huge Hawaiian floral and graphic prints; geometric prints such as polka dots and block prints; sheen and gloss; tie died wraps and skirts; tone on tone print to create dimension; modular dressing; fluid floral and watery leaf prints. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | SCARABEE, n. The same as scarabaeus. He fell by his own hand Beneath the great oak tree. He'd traveled in a foreign land. He tried to make her understand The dance that's called the Saraband, But he called it Scarabee. He had called it so through an afternoon, And she, the light of his harem if so might be, Had smiled and said naught. O the body was fair to see, All frosted there in the shine o' the moon -- Dead for a Scarabee And a recollection that came too late. O Fate! They buried him where he lay, He sleeps awaiting the Day, In state, And two Possible Puns, moon-eyed and wan, Gloom over the grave and then move on. Dead for a Scarabee! Fernando Tapple |
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| "Frosted" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 88.29% of the time. "Frosted" is used about 111 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 88.29% | 98 | 33,072 |
| Lexical Verb (past participle) | 5.41% | 6 | 143,867 |
| Lexical Verb (past tense) | 5.41% | 6 | 143,867 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.9% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 111 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "frosted": frosted bat ♦ frosted glass. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "frosted": frosted-glass. | |
Ending with "frosted": iron-frosted, sand-frosted, silver-frosted. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "frosted"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | beryp (hoar). (various references) | |
Albanian | me krem, i ngrirë (congealed, dull, freezing, frost-bound, frozen, glace, glassy, lame, numb, prim, starchy, stiff, stilted), i mbuluar me brymë (frosty, rimy), akulli (ice). (various references) | |
Arabic | مكسو بالجليد (icebound), مجمد (congealed, deep freeze, freezing, frozen, glaciated, iced), مثلج (frosty, frozen, glace, glacial, ice cold, iced, icy, water ice), مبرد بالصقيع. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | студен (algid, asepsis, bleak, bloodless, cold, cool, dead, frigid, frosty, gelid, iced, icy, impassive, inhuman, raw, repulsive, stony, unapproachable, undersexed, unloving, unresponsive, winterly, wintry), глазиран (glace, glazy, iced), заскрежен (frosty), измръзнал (dead, frostbitten). (various references) | |
Chinese | 结霜 (frosting). (various references) | |
Czech | ojínìný (frosty), mléèný (galactic, lactescent, lactic, milky), matný (dim, dull, lacklustre, opaque, vague), chladný (bloodless, chilly, cold, cool, fresh, frigid), arogantní (arrogant, bigheaded, overbearing, self confident, smug, snotty, supercilious, uppish). (various references) | |
Danish | tilrimet. (various references) | |
Dutch | mat-, mat (dim, mat, tired). (various references) | |
Esperanto | prujna (hoar), malpolurita. (various references) | |
Finnish | huurtunut. (various references) | |
French | givré (covered with frost). (various references) | |
German | bereift (frosty), vereist (freezes, frozen, icebound, iced, iced-up, icy). (various references) | |
Greek | παγωμένοσ (chilled, frozen, glace, iced, icy, rind), επικαλυμμένος με πάγο. (various references) | |
Hebrew | מזוגג (glace, glazed). (various references) | |
Hungarian | deres (dun, hoar, hoary). (various references) | |
Italian | brinato (rimy). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 霜を置いた (gray, hoary), 艶消し (matted). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | しもをおいた (gray, hoary), つやけし (matted). (various references) | |
Korean | 서리로 덥는. (various references) | |
Manx | riojit (frostbitten, frozen, icebound, iced), fo vrat shugyr, far-riojit. (various references) | |
Norwegian | mattslipt, dekket av rim. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ostedfray.(various references) | |
Portuguese | fosco (darksome, mat), polvilhado, gelada, geado, coberto de geada (rimy). (various references) | |
Romanian | mãtuit, glazurat, degerat (benumbed, frozen), acoperit cu gheaţã (frosty). (various references) | |
Russian | покрытый инеем (hoary). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | pokriven injem (frosty, hoar). (various references) | |
Spanish | escarchado (frosty, glace, iced). (various references) | |
Swedish | frostbiten (frostbitten), rimfrostig, påfrostad, matt (depressed, dim, dull, dusty, faint, faintly, feeble, flat, jaded, lacklustre, languid, lustreless, mat, tame, weak, wishy washy), glaserad. (various references) | |
Turkish | kırağı kaplı (frosty, rimy), donmuş (chilled, frostbitten, frozen, hard set), buzlu (frappe, frosty, ground, iced, icy, mat, Matt, on the rocks, with ice), buzla kaplı (icy), şekerli beyaz karışım ile kaplı. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | глазурований (glace, glazed, iced), матовий (mat, matted, opaque), приморожений. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "frosted": frosteds. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "frosted": defrosted. (additional references) | |
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"Frosted" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Forsshey, forste, forsted, forsytes, Frcsed, Frestel, Fristoe, frostee, frosten, frostied, Rostad. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "frosted" (pronounced frô"stud) |
| 5 | -ô" s t u d | exhausted. |
| 4 | -s t u d | accosted, adjusted, arrested, assisted, attested, bested, blacklisted, blasted, boasted, boosted, breasted, busted, chested, coasted, coexisted, congested, consisted, contested, contrasted, costed, crested, crusted, delisted, detested, digested, invested, lambasted, lasted, listed, lusted, disgusted, disinterested, distrusted, divested, dusted, encrusted, enlisted, entrusted, existed, fasted, feasted, fisted, flabbergasted, foisted, forecasted, forested, guested, gusted, harvested, hoisted, hosted, infested, ingested, insisted, interested, maladjusted, manifested, masted, mistrusted, molested, nested, ousted, outlasted, pasted, persisted, posted, preexisted, protested, readjusted, rearrested, reinvested, requested, resisted, rested, retested, roasted, roosted, rusted, sandblasted, suggested, tasted, tested, tightfisted, toasted, trusted, twisted, unadjusted, unassisted, uncontested, uninterested, unlisted, unmolested, untested, vested, wasted, worsted, wrested. |
| 3 | -t u d | abrogated, abstracted, abutted, accelerated, accented, accentuated, accepted, acclimated, accommodated, abated, abbreviated, abdicated, abducted, abetted, aborted, accounted, accredited, accumulated, acquainted, acquitted, acted, activated, adapted, addicted, adjudicated, admitted, adopted, adulterated, advocated, affected, affiliated, afflicted, affronted, aggravated, aggregated, agitated, airlifted, alerted, alienated, alleviated, allocated, allotted, alternated, amalgamated, ameliorated, amounted, amputated, angulated, animated, annihilated, annotated, anted, anticipated, antiquated, appointed, appreciated, appropriated, approximated, arbitrated, articulated, aspirated, assassinated, assaulted, asserted, assimilated, associated, assorted, attempted, attenuated, attracted, attributed, audited, augmented, authenticated, automated, averted, awaited, backdated, baited, bankrupted, bated, batted, belated, belted, benefited, benefitted, benighted, berated, bifurcated, bigoted, blanketed, blighted, bloated, blunted, blurted, boated, bolted, booted, boycotted, budgeted, caffeinated, calculated, calibrated, capitulated, captivated, carbonated, carbureted, carotid, carpeted, carted, castigated, castrated, catapulted, celebrated, cemented, chanted, charted, chatted, cheated, chlorinated, circuited, circulated, circumvented, cited, closeted, clotted, coated, collaborated, collected, comforted, commemorated, commented, committed, communicated, commuted, compacted, compensated, competed, complemented, completed, complicated, complimented, computed, conceited, concentrated, concerted, concocted, conducted, confiscated, conflicted, confronted, congratulated, congregated, conjugated, connected, conscripted, consecrated, consented, consolidated, constipated, constituted, constricted, constructed, consulted, consummated, contacted, contaminated, contemplated, contented, contorted, contracted, contradicted, contributed, converted, convicted, convoluted, cooperated, coordinated, copyrighted, corrected, correlated, corroborated, corrugated, corrupted, counted, counteracted, counterfeited, courted, coveted, crafted, created, credited, cremated, crenelated, culminated, cultivated, darted, dated, daunted, deactivated, debated, debilitated, decaffeinated, decapitated, decelerated, decimated, decontaminated, decorated, dedicated, deducted, defaulted, defeated, defected, deflated, deflected, degenerated, dehydrated, dejected, delegated, deleted, deliberated, delighted, delineated, demented, demonstrated, demoted, denigrated, denominated, denoted, dented, departed, depicted, depleted, deported, deposited, depreciated, deregulated, desecrated, desegregated, deserted, designated, destructed, detected, deteriorated, detonated, detracted, devaluated, devastated, deviated, devoted, dictated, differentiated, dilapidated, dilated, diluted, directed, disaffected, disappointed, disassociated, disconnected, discontented, interpolated, interpreted, interrelated, interrogated, interrupted, intersected, intimated, intimidated, intoxicated, introverted, inundated, invalidated, invented, inverted, investigated, invigorated, invited, irradiated, irrigated, irritated, isolated, jacketed, jetted, jilted, jointed, jolted, jotted, knighted, knitted, knotted, lamented, laminated, legislated, levitated, liberated, lifted, lighted, lighthearted, limited, liquidated, litigated, located, looted, lubricated, discounted, discredited, discriminated, disenchanted, disintegrated, disinvited, disjointed, dislocated, disoriented, dispirited, disputed, disrespected, disrupted, dissected, disseminated, dissented, dissipated, distorted, distracted, distributed, diverted, documented, domesticated, dominated, donated, dotted, doubted, drafted, drifted, duplicated, edited, educated, effected, ejected, elaborated, elated, elected, electrocuted, elevated, elicited, eliminated, elongated, elucidated, emaciated, emanated, emancipated, emasculated, emigrated, emitted, emulated, enacted, encapsulated, enchanted, encrypted, enumerated, enunciated, equated, eradicated, erected, erupted, escalated, escorted, estimated, evacuated, evaluated, evaporated, evicted, eviscerated, exacerbated, exacted, exaggerated, exalted, exasperated, excavated, excepted, excerpted, excited, excommunicated, excoriated, executed, exempted, exerted, exhibited, exhilarated, exhorted, exited, exonerated, expected, expedited, experimented, exploited, exported, expropriated, exterminated, extorted, extracted, extradited, extrapolated, extricated, extroverted, exulted, fabricated, faceted, facilitated, fainted, fainthearted, farsighted, fascinated, fated, faulted, federated, fermented, ferreted, feted, fetid, filleted, fingerprinted, fitted, fixated, flagellated, flaunted, flirted, floated, flouted, fluctuated, fomented, footed, footnoted, forfeited, formulated, fragmented, frequented, fretted, fronted, frustrated, gated, generated, germinated, gifted, glaciated, gloated, glutted, graduated, grafted, granted, grated, gravitated, greeted, grunted, gutted, gyrated, halfhearted, hallucinated, halogenated, halted, handcrafted, hated, hearted, heated, helmeted, hesitated, highlighted, hinted, hooted, humiliated, hunted, hydrated, hydrogenated, hyphenated, ignited, illuminated, illustrated, imitated, immigrated, impacted, imparted, impersonated, implanted, implemented, implicated, imported, impregnated, imprinted, imputed, inactivated, inaugurated, incapacitated, incarcerated, incinerated, incited, incorporated, inculcated, indebted, indicated, indicted, indited, indoctrinated, inducted, infatuated, infected, infiltrated, inflated, inflected, inflicted, infuriated, inhabited, inherited, inhibited, initiated, injected, innovated, inoculated, inserted, insinuated, inspected, instigated, instituted, instructed, insulated, insulted, integrated, interacted, intercepted, interconnected, interdicted, interjected, malted, maltreated, mandated, manipulated, marinated, marketed, masturbated, mated, mediated, medicated, melted, merited, meted, migrated, minted, misallocated, misappropriated, miscalculated, misdirected, misinterpreted, misquoted, misreported, misrepresented, misstated, mistreated, mitigated, moderated, modulated, motivated, mounted, multifaceted, mutated, muted, mutilated, narrated, nauseated, navigated, nearsighted, necessitated, negated, neglected, negotiated, netted, nominated, nonregulated, noted, objected, obligated, obliterated, obstructed, officiated, omitted, operated, opinionated, opted, orbited, orchestrated, orientated, oriented, originated, ornamented, outdated, outed, outfitted, outvoted, overacted, overestimated, overexcited, overheated, overpopulated, overrated, overreacted, overregulated, overrepresented, overstated, overweighted, oxygenated, painted, panted, parachuted, parted, participated, patented, patted, pelleted, pelted, penetrated, perfected, perforated, permeated, permitted, perpetrated, perpetuated, persecuted, perverted, petted, picketed, piloted, pinpointed, pirated, pitted, pivoted, planted, plated, plotted, plummeted, pocketed, pointed, pollinated, polluted, pontificated, populated, ported, posited, potted, pouted, precipitated, predated, predicated, predicted, predominated, preempted, prefabricated, premeditated, presented, prevented, printed, profited, prognosticated, prohibited, projected, proliferated, promoted, prompted, promulgated, propagated, prorated, prosecuted, protected, protracted, punctuated, purported, putted, quieted, quilted, quoted, radiated, rafted, ranted, ratcheted, rated, reacted, reactivated, readmitted, reallocated, reappointed, reasserted, rebated, rebutted, recalculated, recanted, reciprocated, recited, recollected, reconnected, reconstituted, reconstructed, recounted, recreated, recruited, redacted, redecorated, redirected, redistributed, redrafted, reelected, reenacted, reevaluated, refitted, reflected, reformulated, refrigerated, refuted, regenerated, regimented, regretted, regulated, rehabilitated, reignited, reincarnated, reinstated, reinstituted, reintegrated, reinterpreted, reinvented, reinvigorated, reinvited, reiterated, rejected, rejuvenated, related, relegated, relented, relocated, remarketed, remitted, renegotiated, renominated, renovated, rented, repainted, repatriated, repeated, repented, replanted, replicated, reported, represented, reprinted, repudiated, reputed, rerouted, resented, resonated, resorted, respected, restarted, restated, restricted, resubmitted, resulted, resurrected, resuscitated, retaliated, retorted, retracted, retreated, retrofitted, reunited, reverberated, reverted, revisited, revolted, righted, rioted, riveted, rocketed, rooted, rotated, rotted, ruminated, rutted, sainted, salivated, salted, saluted, sated, saturated, scapegoated, scented, scouted, scripted, sculpted, seated, secreted, sedated, segmented, segregated, selected, separated, serrated, shafted, shifted, shorted, shortsighted, shouted, shunted, sifted, sighted, silhouetted, simulated, sited, situated, skated, skirted, skyrocketed, slanted, slated, slighted, slotted, snorted, solicited, sophisticated, sorted, speculated, spirited, sported, spotlighted, spotted, spouted, sprinted, sprouted, spurted, squirted, stagnated, stalemated, started, stated, stilted, stimulated, stipulated, stunted, subcontracted, subjected, subjugated, submitted, subordinated, substantiated, substituted, subtracted, subverted, suffocated, suited, superheated, supplanted, supplemented, supported, surmounted, suspected, swatted, sweated, syncopated, syndicated, tabulated, tainted, talented, targeted, taunted, tempted, terminated, throated, thwarted, ticketed, tilted, tinted, titillated, tolerated, tormented, toted, touted, transacted, transected, translated, transmitted, transplanted, transported, treated, trotted, trumpeted, truncated, tufted, unabated, unaccounted, unaccredited, unadulterated, unaffected, unaffiliated, unallocated, unanticipated, unappreciated, unaudited, unbolted, uncharted, uncoated, uncollected, uncommitted, uncompensated, uncompleted, uncomplicated, unconnected, unconsolidated, uncontaminated, uncontradicted, unconverted, uncoordinated, uncorrected, uncorroborated, uncounted, undated, undaunted, undefeated, undercounted, underestimated, underrated, underreported, underrepresented, understated, undetected, undifferentiated, undiluted, undisputed, undistributed, undocumented, undoubted, unedited, uneducated, unelected, unexpected, unexploited, unincorporated, unindicted, uninfected, uninhabited, uninhibited, uninitiated, uninterrupted, uninvited, United, unlimited, unmitigated, unobstructed, unpainted, unprecedented, unprotected, unrated, unreconstructed, unregulated, unrelated, unreported, unrepresented, unrequited, unrestricted, unsaturated, unscripted, unseated, unsolicited, unsophisticated, unstated, unsubstantiated, unsuited, unsupported, unsuspected, untainted, untreated, unwanted, unwarranted, updated, uplifted, uprooted, vacated, vaccinated, vacillated, validated, vatted, vaulted, vaunted, venerated, vented, ventilated, vetted, vindicated, violated, visited, voted, wafted, waited, wanted, warranted, weighted, whetted, whited, wholehearted, wilted, witted. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: defrost. | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-f-o-r-s-t" | |
-1 letter: doters, fetors, forest, fortes, foster, softer, sorted, stored, strode. | |
-2 letters: doers, doest, doser, doter, dotes, drest, feods, fetor, fords, fores, forte, forts, frets, froes, frost, ofter, redos, resod, rosed, roset, rotes, store, tores, torse, trode. | |
-3 letters: deft, doer, does, dore, dors, dose, dost, dote, dots, efts, eros, erst, feds, feod, fets, foes, ford. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-e-f-o-r-s-t" | |
+1 letter: deforest, defrosts, forested, fostered, frosteds, frowsted, telfords. | |
+2 letters: defectors, deflators, deforests, defrosted, defroster, foredates, piedforts, tradeoffs. | |
+3 letters: afforested, afterwords, deflectors, deforested, defrosters, defrosting, forecasted, forestland, foretasted, fortitudes, fortressed, forwardest, godfathers, interfolds, ironfisted, isografted, overdrafts, postformed, reforested, surefooted, unforested. | |
+4 letters: afterworlds, centerfolds, defalcators, defoliators, deforesting, deformities, fatherhoods, federations, feudatories, floodwaters, floridities, fluoridates, footbridges, foresighted, forestalled, forestlands, outfielders, overstaffed, overstuffed, profoundest, rustproofed, softhearted, tenderfoots, transformed, undercrofts, waterfloods. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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