1. Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', Noun

   speckled with white; salt-and-pepper (pattern, fabric, etc.)

   日本の牛は広範囲に霜降りがある。

2. Noun

   marbling (of beef)

   see 霜降り肉

3. (of fish, chicken, shellfish, etc.) blanching by exposure to boiling and then icy water

   Abbreviationsee 霜降り作り

4. formation of frost

   orig. meaning

Also written 霜降【しもふり】shimofuri