frosted
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frost
(frôst, frŏst)n.
1.
a. A deposit of minute ice crystals formed when water vapor condenses at a temperature below freezing.
b. A period of weather when such deposits form.
2. A cold manner or period of disaffection: a frost in diplomatic relations.
v. frost·ed, frost·ing, frosts
v.tr.
1. To cover with frost.
2. To damage or kill by frost.
3. To cover (glass, for example) with a roughened or speckled decorative surface.
4. To cover or decorate with icing: frost a cake.
5. To bleach or lighten the color of (hair) with dye so that some but not all strands are changed in color.
6. Slang To anger or upset: What really frosted me about the incident was the fact that you lied.
v.intr.
To become covered with frost: The windshield frosted up overnight.
[Middle English, from Old English; see preus- in Indo-European roots.]
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frosted
(ˈfrɒstɪd)adj
1. covered or injured by frost
2. (Cookery) covered with icing, as a cake
3. (Ceramics) (of glass, etc) having a surface roughened, as if covered with frost, to prevent clear vision through it
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Adj. | 1. | frosted - (of glass) having a roughened coating resembling frost; "frosted glass" opaque - not transmitting or reflecting light or radiant energy; impenetrable to sight; "opaque windows of the jail"; "opaque to X-rays" |
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frosted
[ˈfrɒstɪd]A. ADJ (esp US) [cake] → escarchado
B. CPD frosted glass N → vidrio m or cristal m esmerilado
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frosted
adj
(fig) eye shadow, nail varnish, lipstick → metallisch
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frosted
[ˈfrɒstɪd] adj (glass) → smerigliato/a (esp Am) (cake) → glassato/aCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995