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Recent Examples of frostwork
Wind Cave National Park features delicate boxwork along its ceilings, along with frostwork and cave popcorn.
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Simon Peter Groebner, Star Tribune, 23 July 2021
Simon Peter Groebner, Star Tribune, 23 July 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for frostwork
Noun
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Annuals are known for their amazing flower power, putting on an endless show from spring through frost.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
6 Apr. 2025
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The cold snap could impact new spring vegetation and lead to frost in some areas.—
Doyle Rice,
USA Today,
5 Apr. 2025
Noun
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In temperatures below freezing, fog can actually deposit ice onto objects at or near the ground, called rime ice.—
Ross Lazear,
The Conversation,
3 Mar. 2025
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Waddington is notorious for its fickle weather—the peak is regularly hit by storms off the Pacific Ocean that freeze the summit in rime ice.—
Corbin Reiff,
Outside Online,
22 Oct. 2024
Noun
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But sometimes the crystals grow particularly large, forming hoar frost.—
Tom Yulsman,
Discover Magazine,
24 Jan. 2014
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The hoar frost made the trees sparkle as though Earthquake Park were contained in a snow globe.—
Alli Harvey,
Anchorage Daily News,
16 Jan. 2022
Noun
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The cave walls shimmer with hoarfrost, delicate ice filaments that resemble an intricate frozen lacework.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes,
2 Mar. 2025
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From a reading delivered in November in Richmond, Virginia. e began to figure it out on day eleven or twelve of the seven-day trip, the slate and obsidian waves rolling under our stern, the crispy hoarfrost of whitecap foam seeding in our beards, the wind spitting ice in our eyes.—
Mark Richard,
Harper's Magazine,
2 Jan. 2025
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“Frostwork.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/frostwork. Accessed 20 Apr. 2025.
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