frost flowers

plural noun

ice flowers(def 2).

Origin of frost flowers

First recorded in 1840–50

Words nearby frost flowers

frontwards, frore, frosh, frost, frost boil, frost flowers, frost grape, frost heave, frost hollow, frost line, frost point

Example sentences from the Web for frost flowers

  • Penelope was pressing her eager, excited little face close to the frost-flowers on the sitting-room window.

    Winter Fun |William O. Stoddard

  • Frost-flowers dulled the inner glories of the shop windows with their unwelcome decoration.

    A Versailles Christmas-Tide |Mary Stuart Boyd

  • About his head a wreath of moon-coloured buds like frost-flowers was set.

    The Three Mulla-mulgars |Walter De La Mare

  • It was cold in the room, whose windows were covered with frost-flowers.

    Timar's Two Worlds |Mr Jkai