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Definition of Frosted
1. Adjective. (of glass) having a roughened coating resembling frost. "Frosted glass"
Definition of Frosted
1. a. Covered with hoarfrost or anything resembling hoarfrost; ornamented with frosting; also, frost-bitten; as, a frosted cake; frosted glass.
Definition of Frosted
1. Adjective. Having frost present; frosty ¹
2. Adjective. Appearing to have frost ¹
3. Adjective. (slang) Extremely intoxicated. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Frosted
1. a type of milk shake [n -S]
Medical Definition of Frosted
1. Covered with hoarfrost or anything resembling hoarfrost; ornamented with frosting; also, frost-bitten; as, a frosted cake; frosted glass. "Frosted work is introduced as a foil or contrast to burnished work." (Knight) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Frosted
Literary usage of Frosted
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science by Kansas Academy of Science (1898)
"The frosted form is easily distinguished at a distance of two or three rods.
About one-fourth of all the individuals seen were frostet! ..."
2. The Insect Book: A Popular Account of the Bees, Wasps, Ants, Grasshoppers by Leland Ossian Howard (1901)
"It varies from lead-color to pale green, and is dusted over with a fine white
powder, which makes it appear frosted. The eggs are laid in small twigs of ..."
3. The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art by David Ames Wells, George Bliss, Samuel Kneeland, John Trowbridge, Charles Robert Cross (1859)
"After aluminum has been frosted in this manner, it does not become tarnished on
exposure to the action of the air. ON THE MANUFACTURE OF STEEL. ..."
4. Mackenzie's Five Thousand Receipts: In All the Useful and Domestic Arts by Colin MacKenzie (1854)
"Chaff or oats, bruised in a mill, boiled with the frosted potatoes, when designed
... Poultry also may be fed with potatoes very much frosted, if mixed with ..."
5. Sonnets of this Century by William Sharp (1886)
"frosted Trees " is excerpted from ... frosted TREES. Oh, what a goodly and a
glorious show ! The stately trees have decked themselves with white, ..."
6. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1916)
"... covered with short spikelike processes, dull purplish outside, the whole
surface inside frosted white, dotted with crimson. p. TRACT HUBBARD. ..."
7. Citrus Fruits: An Account of the Citrus Fruit Industry, with Special by John Eliot Coit (1915)
"SEPARATION OF frosted ... Drug Inspection of the US Department of Agriculture
made the following ruling in regard to frosted citrus fruits on January 24, ..."
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