English

Noun

degree of frost ‎(plural degrees of frost)

1. (dated) a temperature interval of one degree below the freezing point of water
   • 1908 Jack London To Build a Fire

     It was seventy-five below zero. Since the freezing-point is thirty-two above zero, it meant that one hundred and seven degrees of frost obtained.

Usage notes

Used with temperature scales, such as Fahrenheit, where the zero-degree point is not the freezing point of water