hoar

hoar

H0225000 (hôr)adj. Hoary.n. Hoarfrost.

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[Middle English hor, from Old English hār.]

hoar

(hɔː) n (Physical Geography) short for hoarfrostadj1. (Physical Geography) rare covered with hoarfrost2. archaic a poetic variant of hoary[Old English hār; related to Old Norse hārr, Old High German hēr, Old Slavonic sěrǔ grey]

hoar

(hɔr, hoʊr)

n. 1. hoarfrost; rime. adj. 2. hoary. [before 900; Middle English hor, Old English hār, c. Old Saxon, Old High German hēr old, Old Norse hārr gray with age]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	hoar - ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside)frost, hoarfrost, rimeice, 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, grayold - (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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