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degree of frost

degree of frost noun: a temperature interval of one degree below the freezing point of water.

Noun

degree of frost (plural degrees of frost)

  1. (dated) A temperature interval of one degree below the freezing point of water.
    • It was seventy-five below zero. Since the freezing-point is thirty-two above zero, it meant that one hundred and seven degrees of frost obtained.1908, Jack London, To Build a Fire

Forms of degree of frost

pluraldegrees of frost

Questions about degree of frost

What does degree of frost mean?
Degree of frost means a temperature interval of one degree below the freezing point of water.
What part of speech is degree of frost?
Degree of frost is a noun.
What is the plural of degree of frost?
The plural of degree of frost is degrees of frost.

Words near degree of frost in the dictionary

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