black frost (English, noun)
expansion: black frost (countable and uncountable, plural black frosts)
Senses:
topics: biology
botany
climatology
meteorology
natural-sciences
glosses: Cold so intense as to freeze vegetation and turn it black, without the formation of hoar frost.
tags: countable
uncountable
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A mist of very cold droplets that freeze upon impact and coat objects (such as parts of a ship) with ice, potentially causing a ship to capsize.
tags: countable
uncountable
Forms:
form: black frosts
tags: plural