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frostwork

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Definition of frostwork

as in frost

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Recent Examples of frostwork Wind Cave National Park features delicate boxwork along its ceilings, along with frostwork and cave popcorn. — Simon Peter Groebner, Star Tribune, 23 July 2021

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Noun

This sets up the possibility of the season’s first freeze across parts of the Kansas City forecast area and a first frost for much of the rest of the region.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 16 Oct. 2026
The storms will usher in colder temperatures this weekend, including a threat of frost and freeze Sunday morning.

— Gregory Padgett, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of frost

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The rocks closest to the spray were white with rime, and a faint rainbow hung in the air, a diaphanous net catching color.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 Apr. 2026
In temperatures below freezing, fog can actually deposit ice onto objects at or near the ground, called rime ice.

— Ross Lazear, The Conversation, 3 Mar. 2025

Definition of rime

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The hoar frost made the trees sparkle as though Earthquake Park were contained in a snow globe.

— Alli Harvey, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Jan. 2022
Furthermore, the clear conditions preceding the storm could have led to the formation of a layer of light, feathery frost, known as surface hoar.

— Douglas Preston, The New Yorker, 10 May 2021

Definition of hoar

Noun

The cave walls shimmer with hoarfrost, delicate ice filaments that resemble an intricate frozen lacework.

— Scott Travers, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025
Nearby, hoarfrost shimmered on hemlock branches, a bear cub peered out from a hole in the snow, and a sudden, terrifying silence echoed in the ears of the man’s ski partners.

— Caroline Van Hemert, Outside Online, 11 Aug. 2021

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