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Definition of haar in English: haarnoun hɑː A cold sea fog on the east coast of England or Scotland. Example sentencesExamples - The low moan of a foghorn across miles of greyness, the slap of waves breaking against a gently rocking hull in the dark, the slow creak of rusting quayside machinery in the wind beckon through the haar.
- The east coast weather gods conspired to roll in the haar off the North Sea in a north to north easterly breeze of force three to four, making race management a gargantuan task.
- Cox threatens to be almost as impenetrable as the haar rolling in over the Edinburgh skyline.
- A soft haar drifts over the water and the midnight sky is streaked with grey midsummer light.
- Taken five miles from the ground, white streaks of methane fog float over the surface like a kind of haar, partly covering scattered islands in the sea.
Synonyms haze, fog, smog, murk, cloud, cloudiness, mistiness, scotch mist, vapour, drizzle, spray
Origin Late 17th century: perhaps from Old Norse hárr 'hoar, hoary'. |