hoar

[ hawr, hohr ]

/ hɔr, hoʊr /

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noun

hoarfrost; rime.

a hoary coating or appearance.

adjective

hoary.

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Origin of hoar

before 900; Middle English hor,Old English hār; cognate with Old Norse hārr gray with age, Old Frisian hēr gray, Old High German hēr old (German hehr august, sublime)

Words nearby hoar

hoactzin, Hoad, hoagie, Hoagland, hoagy, hoar, hoard, hoarding, Hoare, hoarfrost, hoarhound

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How to use hoar in a sentence

The commander of that operation was General Joseph Hoar, a Marine officer—that is, a service that is a part of the Navy.
Is Obama’s Asia Pivot More Than Talk?|Mark Perry|April 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In this high realm floating water is probably in the frozen state, answering to the form of dew, which we call hoar frost.
Outlines of the Earth's History|Nathaniel Southgate Shaler
Mists or hoar frosts on the tenth of March betokens (sic) a plentiful year, but not without some diseases.
Notes and Queries, Number 194, July 16, 1853|Various
It was a most perfect autumn morning, without a cloud in the sky and with the ground underfoot white with hoar-frost.
Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921|Charles Kenneth Howard-Bury

The cold hoar frost glistened on the tombstones, and sparkled like rows of gems, among the stone carvings of the old church.
The Pickwick Papers|Charles Dickens
If the hoar frost of the morning melt on the wool, be sure there is an unnatural heat somewhere.
Robert Annys: Poor Priest|Annie Nathan Meyer

British Dictionary definitions for hoar

hoar

/ (hɔː) /

noun

short for hoarfrost

adjective

rare covered with hoarfrost

archaic a poetic variant of hoary

Word Origin for hoar

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

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