ice crystal
Frost's building block
An ice crystal is a small, solid piece of frozen water with a characteristic geometric structure, typically hexagonal.
Ice crystals form when water vapor freezes directly or when liquid water crystallizes slowly.
They're the building blocks of snowflakes, frost, and the wispy clouds called cirrus.
Ice crystals glittered on the window pane.
- snowflakeFeathery ice crystal
- frostThin ice coating
- Jack FrostPersonified bringer of cold
- prismLight-splitting optical element
- hexagonalSix-edged polygon's form
delicate · frozen · glitter · winter · winter wonderland · cold · cold snap · sparkle · dendrite · rime · diamond dust · halo · sleet · transparent · light refraction · facet · lattice · fragile
- crystalsquartz, amethyst, diamond, citrine, rose quartz
- ice and snowiceberg, icicle, glacier, hail, sleet
- branchingbranching, dendrite, dendrites, dendritic, tree root
- Delicate Thingsbutterfly wing, spider web, bubble, soap bubble, eggshell
- frozen thingsicicle, icicles, iceberg, icebergs, frozen solid
- iceiceberg, floe, skating rink, rink, polar cap