cold frame

noun

: a usually glass- or plastic-covered frame without artificial heat used to protect plants and seedlings outdoors

Examples of cold frame in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Protect container plants by moving them into a garage, basement, greenhouse, cold frame or other place where the temperature stays above freezing. —

oregonlive, 23 Feb. 2023 Lynn Ocone, a gardening expert and an author, uses her cold frame every year at her home in chilly Burlington, Vermont. —

Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 27 Mar. 2023 Ray does not have an elaborate cold frame or greenhouse. —

Susan Brownstein, cleveland, 10 Jan. 2023 Don’t open your cold frame if the temperature is below freezing, during a snowstorm, first thing in the morning, or in the evening or beyond, Warnock says. —

Nevin Martell, Washington Post, 5 Oct. 2022 Protect leafy greens with a cold frame, row cover, or even a temporary little greenhouse (unheated). —

Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 29 Sep. 2022 Gregg Curtis, owner of Good Earth, said the original Anne Frank sapling was kept in an unheated, cold frame greenhouse under a shade cloth and watered by hand. —

Sean Clancy, Arkansas Online, 24 July 2022 Make a cold frame or hotbed to start early vegetables or flowers. —

oregonlive, 1 Feb. 2022 Both really do need an outdoor greenhouse, cold frame or a really sunny summer window, though there are a few varieties that will fruit outdoors. —

Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Apr. 2022 See More

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