Definitions

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  • adjective Resistant to frost.
  • verb transitive To make resistant to frost.

Etymologies

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frost +‎ -proof

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Examples

  • Thank you! wooden ramp plans leg lamp christmas decoration ice skaters mig alley tshirt mao percale imyta martex crib bedding trash and vaudeville frostproof inlinern street surfer speedy nitro de 8mb delmont helmets protec snowboard planert trucos bomberman hardball sooby doo dany heatley chair king - 2006-08-15 12: 23: 32

    The Girls, The Collectors, and The Life barbylon 2004

  • The potter on the road to Kastro says that he will make Panayis a new hand in clay that will look better than the original one and will be very strong, and Panayis told him to make it frostproof for when he returns to the battle.

    Captain Corelli's Mandolin De Bernieres, Louis 2003

  • Shortly she opened other shops with identical stock in Lixouri, Skala, Sami, Fiskardo, and Assos, and, to salve her finer artistic conscience, she sponsored a potter who was to make genuinely beautiful garden equipment and ornament out of frostproof terracotta, in the classical style.

    Captain Corelli's Mandolin De Bernieres, Louis 2003

  • 'The frostproof rebreather valve, you invented it, didn't you?'

    The Rolling Stones Heinlein, Robert A. 1952

  • Today's expected winter storm convinced George Strait to reschedule his show at Knoxville's Thompson-Boling Arena, originally scheduled for tonight, to a relatively frostproof date of April 2.

    Tennessean.com Top News 2010

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