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FROSTINESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does frostiness mean?
• FROSTINESS (noun)
The noun FROSTINESS has 2 senses:
1. coldness as evidenced by frost
2. a silvery-white color
Familiarity information: FROSTINESS used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Coldness as evidenced by frost
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("frostiness" is a kind of...):
cold; coldness; frigidity; frigidness; low temperature (the absence of heat)
Derivation:
frosty (pleasantly cold and invigorating)
frosty (covered with frost)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A silvery-white color
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
frostiness; hoariness
Hypernyms ("frostiness" is a kind of...):
white; whiteness (the quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black))
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