Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

frost-tender

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.71 in modern English

Syllables: frost--ten-der
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of plants: unable to tolerate frost, and liable to die if exposed to it.

Example Sentences

"I found out to my cost that the tree fern I brought back from New Zealand was frost-tender, and it didn't survive the winter."

Inflected Forms

more frost-tender (comparative) most frost-tender (superlative) frost tender (alternative)

Questions

What does frost-tender mean?: Of plants: unable to tolerate frost, and liable to die if exposed to it.

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