"frostproof" meaning in English

See frostproof in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more frostproof [comparative], most frostproof [superlative]
Etymology: frost + -proof Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|frost|proof}} frost + -proof Head templates: {{en-adj}} frostproof (comparative more frostproof, superlative most frostproof)
  1. Resistant to frost. Translations (resistant to frost): مقاوم للصقيع (Arabic), mrazuvzdorný (Czech), frostsikker (Danish), vorstbestendig (Dutch), frostsikker (Norwegian Bokmål), frostsikker (Norwegian Nynorsk)
    Sense id: en-frostproof-en-adj-yx7yL90u Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -proof Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -proof: 49 51

Verb

Forms: frostproofs [present, singular, third-person], frostproofing [participle, present], frostproofed [participle, past], frostproofed [past]
Etymology: frost + -proof Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|frost|proof}} frost + -proof Head templates: {{en-verb}} frostproof (third-person singular simple present frostproofs, present participle frostproofing, simple past and past participle frostproofed)
  1. (transitive) To make resistant to frost. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-frostproof-en-verb-qzh3hpm7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -proof Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -proof: 49 51

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Alternative forms

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