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hoar

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hoar  (hôr, hr)
adj.
Hoary.
n.
Hoarfrost.
[Middle English hor, from Old English hr.]
hoar [hɔː]
n
(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]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.hoarhoar - 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?"
Translations
hoar
n → Reif m


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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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