hoar

hoar (hôr, h

adj.

Hoary.

Hoarfrost.

[Middle English hor, from Old English hr.]

hoar [hɔː]

(Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) short for hoarfrost

adj

1. (Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) Rare covered with hoarfrost

2. Archaic a poetic variant of hoary

[Old English hār; related to Old Norse hārr, Old High German hēr, Old Slavonic sěrǔ grey]

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Noun	1.	hoar - ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside) frost, hoarfrost, rime ice, water ice - water frozen in the solid state; "Americans like ice in their drinks"
Adj.	1.	hoar - showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair; "whose beard with age is hoar"-Coleridge; "nodded his hoary head" grey-haired, grey-headed, grizzly, hoary, white-haired, gray-haired, gray-headed, grey, gray old - (used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age; "his mother is very old"; "a ripe old age"; "how old are you?"

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hoar

n → Reif m

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Art and Literature disintegration Frost frosty Gray gray-haired gray-headed Grey grey-haired grey-headed grizzly hoarfrost Hoariness Hoarstone hoary Hore ICE rime water ice	In the morning all that was left of the night mist on the heights was a hoar frost now turning to dew, but in the valleys it still lay like a milk-white sea. War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context The cold hoar frost glistened on the tombstones, and sparkled like rows of gems, among the stone carvings of the old church. The Posthumous Papers Of The Pickwick Club by Dickens, Charles View in context I smell the fog that hung about the place; I see the hoar frost, ghostly, through it; I feel my rimy hair fall clammy on my cheek; I look along the dim perspective of the schoolroom, with a sputtering candle here and there to light up the foggy morning, and the breath of the boys wreathing and smoking in the raw cold as they blow upon their fingers, and tap their feet upon the floor. David Copperfield by Dickens, Charles View in context	HMCS HMF HMG HMG-CoA reductase HMI HMO Hmong Hmong language HMS HMSO HN HNC HND Ho Ho Chi Minh Ho Chi Minh City ho hum ho-hum ho. hoactzin hoagie Hoagland Hoagland Howard Carmichael hoagy Hoagy Carmichael hoar hoard hoarded wealth hoarder hoarding Hoared hoarfrost hoarhound Hoariness hoarse hoarsely hoarsen hoarseness Hoarstone hoary hoary alison hoary alyssum Hoary bat hoary cress hoary golden bush hoary marmot hoary pea hoary plantain hoary puccoon hoary willow hoast	Hoagland Carmichael Hoagland Howard Carmichael Hoagland Howard Carmichael Hoagland Howard Carmichael Hoagland, Mahlon Bush hoagy Hoagy Carmichael Hoagy Carmichael Hoagy Carmichael HOAH HOAI HOAJC HOAKC HOAL HOAM HOAMC HOAME HOAN Hoan Vu Joint Operating Company Hoan, Daniel Webster Hoan, Daniel Webster Hoang Sa Hoang Sa Hoàng Sa Hoàng Sa Hoank Kong Chat HOAO HOAP HOAPL HoAQ hoar hoar crystal Hoar, Ebenezer R Hoar, Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar, Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar, Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar, George Hoar, George Hoar, George Frisbie Hoar, Samuel Hoar, Samuel HOARC hoard hoard hoard hoard hoard hoard up Hoard, Walkadine Hoard, William Dempster Hoard, William Dempster hoarded hoarded hoarded hoarded hoarded wealth hoarder hoarder hoarder hoarder hoarders

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Art and Literature
disintegration
Frost
frosty
Gray
gray-haired
gray-headed
Grey
grey-haired
grey-headed
grizzly
hoarfrost
Hoariness
Hoarstone
hoary
Hore
ICE
rime
water ice

In the morning all that was left of the night mist on the heights was a hoar frost now turning to dew, but in the valleys it still lay like a milk-white sea.

War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context

The cold hoar frost glistened on the tombstones, and sparkled like rows of gems, among the stone carvings of the old church.

The Posthumous Papers Of The Pickwick Club by Dickens, Charles View in context

I smell the fog that hung about the place; I see the hoar frost, ghostly, through it; I feel my rimy hair fall clammy on my cheek; I look along the dim perspective of the schoolroom, with a sputtering candle here and there to light up the foggy morning, and the breath of the boys wreathing and smoking in the raw cold as they blow upon their fingers, and tap their feet upon the floor.

David Copperfield by Dickens, Charles View in context

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