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Definition of "frost-bitten" [frost•-bit•ten]

  • Nipped, withered, or injured, by frost or freezing. (adjective)

Gnu Collaboartive International Dictionary of English: licensed under The Code Project Open License (CPOL)

Use "frost-bitten" in a sentence
  • "The old roystering crowd was there, and, as of old, three frost-bitten sailors were there, fresh from the long traverse from the Arctic, survivors of a ship's company of seventy-four."
  • "His cheekbones and nose, frost-bitten again and again, were turned bloody-black and hideous."
  • "Brambles sent spiny stems snaking over the open surfaces, and weeds found rootholds in the gaps between frost-bitten edges, before collapsing in the dieback of autumn."