Frost (4 letters)

{ Answer }

RIME

{ Related Clues }

Hoarfrost
Coating of frost
Cold coating
Coleridge work
Hoar frost
Icy coating
Nature film?
White coat
Winter coat
Winter sight
"The ___ was on the spray": Hardy
Word in a Coleridge title
Frost often seen in Vt.

{ Tags }

ancient, coat, coating, cold, coleridge, crust, frost, hoar, hoarfrost, ice, icy, mariner, natural, often, product, rime, seen, sight, white, winter, work

{ Notes }

The answer RIME is seen frequently, appearing about once every 160 puzzles.

{ Definition }

RIME as a noun:

1. (frost, hoar, hoarfrost, rime) = ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside)

2. (rhyme, rime) = correspondence in the sounds of two or more lines (especially final sounds)

RIME as a verb:

1. (rhyme, rime) = be similar in sound, especially with respect to the last syllable; "hat and cat rhyme"

2. (rhyme, rime) = compose rhymes