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frosted
CIDE DICTIONARY
frosted, a.
- Covered with hoarfrost or anything resembling hoarfrost; ornamented with frosting; also, frost-bitten; as, a frosted cake; frosted donuts. [1913 Webster]
- Provided with a surface finish which is matte or with a very fine grain, reminiscent of the surface texture of frost; as, frosted glass. Opposed to
polished orburnished . [1913 Webster]"Frosted work is introduced as a foil or contrast to burnished work." [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
frosted
affectless, alcoholic drink, anesthetized, arctic, argent, argentine, autistic, beverage, blunt, canescent, catatonic, chalky, chill, chilly, cold, cold as charity, cold-blooded, coldhearted, cool, cretaceous, dispassionate, drink, drinkable, drugged, dull, emotionally dead, emotionless, fleecy-white, frigid, frost-beaded, frost-chequered, frost-covered, frost-fettered, frost-rent, frostbound, frosted shake, frostlike, frosty, frosty-faced, frozen, grizzled, grizzly, heartless, hoar, hoar-frosted, hoary, icy, immovable, impassible, impassive, inexcitable, insusceptible, lactescent, lily-white, liquid, liquor, malt, marble, marmoreal, milky, niveous, nonemotional, objective, obtuse, out of touch, passionless, platinum, pop, potable, potation, pure white, rime-frosted, rimed, self-absorbed, semidiaphanous, semiopaque, semipellucid, semitransparent, shake, silver, silvered, silvery, snow-white, snowy, soda, soda pop, soda water, soft drink, soulless, spiritless, swan-white, tonic, unaffectionate, unemotional, unfeeling, unimpassioned, unimpressionable, unloving, unpassionate, unresponding, unresponsive, unsusceptible, unsympathetic, untouchable, white, white as snowROGET THESAURUS
frosted
Semitransparency
N semitransparency, translucency, semiopacity, opalescence, milkiness, pearliness, gauze, muslin, film, mica, mother-of-pearl, nacre, mist, opal, turbidity, Adj, semitransparent, translucent, semipellucid, semidiaphanous, semiopacous, semiopaque, opalescent, opaline, pearly, milky, frosted, nacreous, semitransparent, translucent, semipellucid, semidiaphanous, semiopacous, semiopaque, opalescent, opaline, pearly, milky, frosted, nacreous, V, opalesce, (ii) SPECIFIC LIGHT, semitransparency, translucency, semiopacity, opalescence, milkiness, pearliness, gauze, muslin, film, mica, mother-of-pearl, nacre, mist, opal, turbidity, Adj, semitransparent, translucent, semipellucid, semidiaphanous, semiopacous, semiopaque, opalescent, opaline, pearly, milky, frosted, nacreous, semitransparent, translucent, semipellucid, semidiaphanous, semiopacous, semiopaque, opalescent, opaline, pearly, milky, frosted, nacreous, V, opalesce, (ii) SPECIFIC LIGHT.For further exploring for "frosted" in Webster Dictionary Online