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# frosty

«frosty» in Mova's school dictionary: **Very cold, with frost (thin white ice) on the ground and…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (frosty, frostier, frostiest)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Very cold, with frost (thin white ice) on the ground and on things. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frosty/#m1)

2) Covered with frost. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frosty/#m2)

3) Unfriendly and cold in manner. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frosty/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In science and weather lessons, a frosty morning comes after a clear cold night when the temperature drops below 0 °C (32 °F) and water vapour freezes into ice crystals. In safety, frosty roads and paths are slippery, so walk carefully. In stories, a frosty look or frosty welcome means someone is not friendly. Phrases: «frosty morning», «frosty grass», «a frosty look».

### examples

- It was a frosty morning, and the grass sparkled white. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frosty/#x1)
- The car windows were frosty, so Dad scraped them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frosty/#x2)
- Be careful — the steps are frosty and slippery. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frosty/#x3)
- Our breath made clouds in the frosty air. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frosty/#x4)
- The teacher gave us a frosty look when we were late. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frosty/#x5)
- Frosty nights can kill tender plants. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frosty/#x6)
- The spider's web looked beautiful on the frosty fence. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frosty/#x7)
- Frosty the Snowman is a famous song. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frosty/#x8)
- It was in winter, in severe and frosty weather. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frosty/#x9)

### note

Comparatives: frostier, frostiest (y → i). Noun: «frost». Frost forms at or below freezing point: 0 °C or 32 °F. A «frosty» person is not friendly — it is not about temperature.

### In the corpora

- [It is mid-December, nearly dark, and Rat and Mole are tramping home across frosty fields after a long day out with Otter.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/41-willows-ch5-part1-the-call-of-home/0/)
- [You see your breath on a frosty morning because the warm vapour in it condenses into tiny droplets in the cold air.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/5-melting-freezing-boiling-condensing/9/)
- [The same thing happens in the cracks of rocks on a frosty mountain, night after night.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/geography/52-weathering-and-erosion/3/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «frosty» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frosty/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.