Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

befrost

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: be-frost
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To place frost upon; cover with frost

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"[…] The faint wind of your favour, that but for a moment blew, with grief has part befrosted the small sedge of the eaves."
"Yellow-ochre is the universal colour, and mealy granules befrost the caps (under 1′′ broad) and stems up to their friable, indefinite rings."
"She came down creeping here to the black arms waiting now to the warm heart waiting rime of alien dreams befrosts her rich brown face She came down creeping […]"

Etymology

From be- (“on, upon, all over”) + frost.

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

befrosts (present, singular) befrosting (participle, present) befrosted (participle, past) befrosted (past)

Questions

What does befrost mean?: To place frost upon; cover with frost
Where does befrost come from?: From be- (“on, upon, all over”) + frost.

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