Cryptic crossword clue
What’s in title of poem by Coleridge or Frost 4

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word RIME

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The straight part
We know that "Frost" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case frost = rime.
The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does RIME mean?

RIME noun
  1. Ice formed by the rapid freezing of cold water droplets of fog on to a cold surface.
  2. A coating or sheet of ice so formed.
  3. A film or slimy coating.
RIME verb
  1. To freeze or congeal into hoarfrost.
RIME verb
  1. To compose or treat in verse; versify.
  2. (followed by with) Of a word, to be pronounced identically with another from the vowel in its stressed syllable to the end.
  3. Of two or more words, to be pronounced identically from the vowel in the stressed syllable of each to the end of each.
  4. To number; count; reckon.
RIME noun
  1. Number.
  2. Rhyme.
  3. The second part of a syllable, from the vowel on, as opposed to the onset.
RIME noun
  1. A step of a ladder; a rung.
RIME noun
  1. A rent or long aperture; a chink; a fissure; a crack.

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