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black frost
black frost
noun
- a frost without snow or rime that is severe enough to blacken vegetation
Word History and Origins
Origin of black frost1
Example Sentences
I opened the glass-door in the breakfast-room: the shrubbery was quite still: the black frost reigned, unbroken by sun or breeze, through the grounds.
What happens to the corn plants and the luxuriant branching vines when the grain is harvested, the grapes gathered, and the black frost sets in, killing the fresh green life of the fields?
White and black frost damage in the Breedekloof, Robertson and Worcester regions could also hurt the 2018 harvest.
White and black frost damage in the Breedekloof, Robertson and Worcester regions could also hurt the 2018 harvest.
Finally he was so close he felt the chill of Encanis’ passing and could spy places where he had set his hands and feet, for they were marked with a cold, black frost.
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