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frostwork

frostwork noun: any naturally occurring intricate pattern of ice crystals.

Noun

frostwork (countable and uncountable, plural frostworks)

  1. Any naturally occurring intricate pattern of ice crystals.
    • Frostwork keeps its place on the window within three feet of the stove all day in my chamber.1888, H. Thoreau, Winter: From the Journal of Henry D. Thoreau, Houghton, Mifflin and Company, page 343
  2. Any pattern that resembles a frost formation.
    • More delicate frostwork, this time in the form of hairlike needles of calcite, occurs near the Pearly Gates. Here, as in all caves under the jurisdiction of the National Park Service, you are asked not to touch or handle the cave formations.1968, William Henry Matthews, A guide to the national parks: their landscape and geology, page 236

Forms of frostwork

pluralfrostworks

Origin of frostwork

From frost + -work.

Questions about frostwork

What does frostwork mean?
Frostwork means any naturally occurring intricate pattern of ice crystals.
What part of speech is frostwork?
Frostwork is a noun.
What is the plural of frostwork?
The plural of frostwork is frostworks.

Words near frostwork in the dictionary

  1. Frostrup
  2. frosts
  3. frosts up
  4. frostweed
  5. frostweeds
  6. frostwork
  7. frostworks
  8. frostwort
  9. frosty
  10. frosty moon
  11. frosty moons

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