Associations to the word «Frostbite»

Wiktionary

FROSTBITE, noun. The freezing, or effect of a freezing, of some part of the body.
FROSTBITE, verb. (transitive) To expose to the effect of frost, or a frosty air; to blight or nip with frost.
FROSTBITE, verb. (intransitive) To engage in winter sailboating.

Dictionary definition

FROSTBITE, noun. Destruction of tissue by freezing and characterized by tingling, blistering and possibly gangrene.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats