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Frostbite

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. Injury or destruction of skin and underlying tissue, most often that of the nose, ears, fingers, or toes, resulting from prolonged exposure to freezing or subfreezing temperatures.

v. To injure or damage by freezing.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

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

v. To expose to the effect of frost, or a frosty air; to blight or nip with frost.

v. To engage in winter sailboating.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. The freezing, or effect of a freezing, of some part of the body, as the ears, fingers, toes, or nose. Severe frostbite can lead to the loss of fingers or toes.

v. To expose to the effect of frost, or a frosty air; to blight or nip with frost.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. A condition or the effect of being partly or slightly frozen, as a part of the body.

To affect with or as with frost-bite; nip or wither, as with frost.

To expose to the effect of frost or of a frosty atmosphere.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. destruction of tissue by freezing and characterized by tingling, blistering and possibly gangrene

Word Usage

"My hands and face were burning with that "frostbite is just around the corner" sensation after only a few minutes."

Verb Form

frostbites frostbiting

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

harm hurt trauma injury

Hyponym

trench foot immersion foot

Form

frostbitten

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