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cold frame

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cold frame
n.
An unheated outdoor structure consisting of a wooden or concrete frame and a top of glass or clear plastic, used for protecting and acclimatizing seedlings and plants.
cold frame
Noun
an unheated wooden frame with a glass top, used to protect young plants
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Noun1.cold framecold frame - protective covering consisting of a wooden frame with a glass top in which small plants are protected from the cold
protective cover, protective covering, protection - a covering that is intend to protect from damage or injury; "they had no protection from the fallout"; "wax provided protection for the floors"
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The hoop house and cold frame can also be especially useful as the plants grown indoors mature and are ready to be "hardened off.
Start the year off right: get a jump on the growing season by Peschke, Kyle / New Life Journal
He figures they have at least 5,000 (``give or take 1,000 or 2,000'') of the unusual plants crowded into their yard, plus a makeshift greenhouse, a seedling ``nursery'' and a cold frame for drought-tolerant plants that can't withstand the rain.
VERY SHARP, NEVER FLAT; CACTUS AND SUCCULENT GROWERS SING PRAISES OF ... by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
As I write this, I'm looking out my window at a snowy landscape, and remembering planting seeds in my garden's cold frame in short sleeves two days ago.
From the editor by Everett, Erin / New Life Journal
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