"ground frost" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: ground frosts [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} ground frost (plural ground frosts)
  1. (meteorology) The condition of air temperature dropping below the freezing point at or near ground level. Categories (topical): Meteorology Translations (condition): halla (Finnish), markfrost (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-ground_frost-en-noun-~ro2SdYj Topics: climatology, meteorology, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'condition': 75 18 7
  2. Ice produced by the direct deposition of water vapor on grass, trees and other objects in freezing conditions. Translations (ice on grass etc.): kuura (Finnish), frost (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-ground_frost-en-noun-Vld4Xxwz Disambiguation of 'ice on grass etc.': 0 100 0
  3. The frozen upper level of soil, caused by the air temperature dropping below the freezing point for a lengthy period of time; in temperate climates the soil thaws completely for the summer and in cold climates it may develop to permafrost. Synonyms: tjaele Translations (frozen upper level of soil): routa (Finnish), kirsi (Finnish), Bodenfrost [neuter] (German), kersi (Ingrian), tele (Norwegian), tjäle (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-ground_frost-en-noun-04JbB6up Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 16 58 Disambiguation of 'frozen upper level of soil': 13 7 80

Inflected forms

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