frosted

covered with or having frost.

made frostlike in appearance, as certain translucent glass: a frosted window; a frosted light bulb.

coated or decorated with frosting or icing, as a cake.

(of hair) highlighted, especially by bleaching selected strands.

made with ice cream: frosted malted.

a thick beverage, usually made with milk, flavoring syrup, and ice cream whipped together.

a degree or state of coldness sufficient to cause the freezing of water.

Also called hoarfrost. a covering of minute ice needles, formed from the atmosphere at night upon the ground and exposed objects when they have cooled by radiation below the dew point, and when the dew point is below the freezing point.

the act or process of freezing.

coldness of manner or temperament: We noticed a definite frost in his greeting.

Informal. a coolness between persons.

to cover with frost.

to give a frostlike surface to (glass, metal, etc.).

to ice (a cake, cookies, etc.).

to bleach selected strands of (a person's hair) in order to create highlights.

to kill or injure by frost: a freezing rain that badly frosted the tomato plants.

to become covered with frost or freeze (often followed by up or over): The windshield has frosted over.

(of varnish, paint, etc.) to dry with a film resembling frost.