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Recent Examples of frostwork
Wind Cave National Park features delicate boxwork along its ceilings, along with frostwork and cave popcorn.
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Simon Peter Groebner, Star Tribune, 23 July 2021
Simon Peter Groebner, Star Tribune, 23 July 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for frostwork
Noun
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The most prevalent types of pollen vary, with tree pollen most common from February to April, grass pollen prevalent from April to early June and weed pollen from August until the first hard frost.—
Julia James,
Dallas Morning News,
16 Mar. 2026
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Late-season frost or frigid temperatures can prevent the bloom altogether, the NPS said.—
JT Moodee Lockman,
CBS News,
15 Mar. 2026
Noun
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In temperatures below freezing, fog can actually deposit ice onto objects at or near the ground, called rime ice.—
Ross Lazear,
The Conversation,
3 Mar. 2025
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Waddington is notorious for its fickle weather—the peak is regularly hit by storms off the Pacific Ocean that freeze the summit in rime ice.—
Corbin Reiff,
Outside Online,
22 Oct. 2024
Noun
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The hoar frost made the trees sparkle as though Earthquake Park were contained in a snow globe.—
Alli Harvey,
Anchorage Daily News,
16 Jan. 2022
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Furthermore, the clear conditions preceding the storm could have led to the formation of a layer of light, feathery frost, known as surface hoar.—
Douglas Preston,
The New Yorker,
10 May 2021
Noun
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The cave walls shimmer with hoarfrost, delicate ice filaments that resemble an intricate frozen lacework.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes,
2 Mar. 2025
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From a reading delivered in November in Richmond, Virginia. e began to figure it out on day eleven or twelve of the seven-day trip, the slate and obsidian waves rolling under our stern, the crispy hoarfrost of whitecap foam seeding in our beards, the wind spitting ice in our eyes.—
Mark Richard,
Harper's Magazine,
2 Jan. 2025
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“Frostwork.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/frostwork. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.
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