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black frosts

black frosts is the plural of black frost.

Meaning of black frost

Noun

black frost (countable and uncountable, plural black frosts)

  1. Cold so intense as to freeze vegetation and turn it black, without the formation of hoar frost.
    Synonyms:
    killing frost
  2. A mist of very cold droplets that freeze upon impact and coat objects (such as parts of a ship) with ice, potentially causing a ship to capsize.
    • The question was raised because of the trawlers of the lost Hull trawlers Lorella and Roderigo, which, it has been suggested, were not adequately warned of the freak black frost conditions by shore-based radio stations.1955, World Fishing, IPC Industrial Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 106

Questions about black frosts

What is black frosts the plural of?
Black frosts is the plural of black frost.

Words near black frosts in the dictionary

  1. black friar
  2. black friars
  3. Black Friday
  4. Black Fridays
  5. black frost
  6. black frosts
  7. black fungus
  8. black game
  9. black gang
  10. black gangs
  11. black gangster

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