EGAVE

frostbite

About 0.38 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun An injury suffered as a result of freezing of some part of the body, typically fingers, toes or the nose.
  2. verb To expose to the effect of frost, or a frosty air; to blight or nip with frost. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
  3. verb To engage in winter sailboating.

Similar words

cryopathy freezing frost burn frostnip frostburn immersion foot black frost froste frost ground frost

Often followed by

and is in on of or was to can

Word family

frostbit frostbites frostbiting frostbitten

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