frost

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noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ hard, heavy, killing (AmE), severe (BrE), sharp (BrE)

▪ white

▪ hoar

▪ light

▪ early, late

▪

The young plants all died in the late frost.

▪ first, last

▪ spring, winter, etc.

▪ ground (BrE)

▪

a heavy ground frost

▪ night (BrE)

… OF FROST

▪ touch (esp. BrE)

▪

There was just a touch of frost in the air.

▪ degree (BrE)

▪

There were ten degrees of frost last night.

VERB + FROST

▪ be covered in, be covered with

▪

The windows were covered in frost.

FROST + NOUN

▪ damage

▪ date (AmE)

▪ line (AmE)

FROST + VERB

▪ arrive, come, set in (esp. BrE)

▪

The winter frosts have arrived.

▪ melt

▪

The car was wet with melting frost.

PHRASES

▪ a danger of frost (esp. AmE), a risk of frost (esp. BrE)

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verb

Frost is used with these nouns as the object: ↑cake