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FROSTINESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A silvery-white color
Synonyms:
frostiness; hoariness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
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))
Sense 2
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)
