Meanings
adjectiveantifrost (not comparable)
- not comparablePreventing or countering the effects of frost.
Work on anti-frost precautions on diesel locomotives is to be speeded up to ensure that most if not all locomotives have been dealt with before the winter sets in.
1964 September, “Motive Power Miscellany: BR Workshops”, in Modern Railways, page 220
Origin
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 防霜凍 /防霜冻
- 防霜凍 /防霜冻 (fángshuāngdòng)preventing the effects of frost
Finnish jäätymisenesto-, huurteenpoisto-
- jäätymisenesto-preventing the effects of frost
- huurteenpoisto-preventing the effects of frost
Italian antibrina
- antibrinapreventing the effects of frost
Portuguese antigeada
- antigeadapreventing the effects of frost
Russian противоморо́зный
- противоморо́зный (protivomoróznyj)preventing the effects of frost
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APA
antifrost. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antifrost
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“antifrost.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antifrost. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “antifrost,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antifrost.
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