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Frostbite

Frostˊbite′

,
Verb.
T.
To expose to the effect of frost, or a frosty air; to blight or nip with frost.
My wife up and with Mrs. Pen to walk in the fields to
frostbite
themselves.
Pepys.

Definition 2025

frostbite

frostbite

English

Noun

Hands afflicted with frostbite

frostbite ‎(plural frostbites)

  1. The freezing, or effect of a freezing, of some part of the body.

Translations

the freezing of some part of the body
  • Japanese: 霜焼け ‎(しもやけ, shimoyake) / 霜焼 ‎(しもやけ, shimoyake), 凍瘡 ‎(とうそう, tōsō), 凍傷 (ja) ‎(とうしょう, tōshō)
  • Malay: luka beku
  • Maori: mate hukapuri
  • Mongolian:
  • Nepali:
  • Persian: شجام (fa) ‎(šajām)
  • Polish: odmrożenie n
  • Portuguese: congelamento (pt) m
  • Russian: обмороже́ние (ru) n ‎(obmorožénije)
  • Sherpa:
  • Spanish: congelamiento (es) m
  • Swedish: köldskada c, förfrysning (sv) c
  • Tibetan:

Verb

frostbite ‎(third-person singular simple present frostbites, present participle frostbiting, simple past frostbit, past participle frostbitten)

  1. (transitive) To expose to the effect of frost, or a frosty air; to blight or nip with frost.
  2. (intransitive) To engage in winter sailboating.

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Derived terms

Etymology

frost +‎ bite

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