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chiefly British
: the degree of temperature below the freezing point of water when the thermometer stands at 20° F there are twelve degrees of frost

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“Degree of frost.” The Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster Inc., https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/degree%20of%20frost. Accessed 29 January 2020.

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