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frost

/fˈɹɔːst/FRAWST
/fˈɹɔst/FRAWST

Meaningfreezing, frost

Common meaning: frozen dew

Journey through time

  1. Old Englishforst‘frost’sourceB&T
  2. Middle Englishfrostsource
  3. Englishfrost‘frozen dew’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Old English forst ‘freezing, frost’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry FROST, p. 221 · dictionary scan; Bosworth & Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary (1898), entry FORST, p. 319 · dictionary scan

Roots

  • forst Old English “freezing, frost”

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