frosted

comparative more frosted · superlative most frosted

1. Covered in frost; frosty.

   Eiswein is made from frosted grapes.

   Synonyms: frosty, frostbound, rimed

2. Translucent, appearing to be covered in frost.

   She installed frosted windows, since there was a clear view of her bathroom from her neighbor's bedroom.

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   At the far end of the wide corridor were the doors of a ward. The panels were frosted save for ovals of clear glass at face level.

   1951, John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, published 1954, page 19

   The point of interest about this particular specimen was that it must have remained intact for at least a quarter of a century, as it had embossed in the frosted glass the initials of the old Great North of Scotland Railway in the form of a scroll, the sort of relic of pre-grouping days that can still be found here and there if one is observant.

   1952 February, H. C. Casserley, “Permanent Wayfarings”, in Railway Magazine, page 77

   The vestibule has a row of brass mailboxes and a varnished umbrella rack and a rubber mat on the marble floor and two doors, one to the right with frosted glass and another in front of them of wire-reinforced glass through which he sees rubber-treaded stairs.

   1960, John Updike, 'Rabbit, Run', pages 65–66

3. Damaged by frost.

   Frosted fruit will be unsalable.

   Synonyms: frostbitten

4. slangExtremely intoxicated.

   I was so frosted after drinking that 12-pack.

   Synonyms: drunk

plural frosteds

1. A kind of milkshake made with ice cream.

   They had continued to laugh at the milk bar, tasting in the chocolate frosteds the unlikely flavor of Mr. Mather's turpitude.

   1957, Dorothy Erskine, Patrick Dennis, The Pink Hotel, page 49

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   Except for those times when I am drugging myself with movies, vanilla frosteds, the latest novel, or cremes de nepenthe, it is difficult for me to avoid the bothersome thought […]

   1947, Geoffrey Hellman, How to Disappear for an Hour, page 266

   Opening with standard flavors and moving quickly to grape, raspberry, blueberry, cinnamon, apple and the frosteds, the variety is putting many chains in a one-out-for-every-one-in frame of mind.

   1970, CSA Super Markets, volume 46, page 106

1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of frost