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hoarfrost

[ hawr-frawst, -frost, hohr- ]

hoarfrost

/ ˈhɔːˌfrɒst /

noun

  1. a deposit of needle-like ice crystals formed on the ground by direct condensation at temperatures below freezing point Also calledwhite frost
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hoarfrost

/ hôrfrôst′ /

  1. Frozen dew that forms a white coating on a surface.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of hoarfrost1

First recorded in 1250–1300, hoarfrost is from the Middle English word hor-frost. See hoar, frost
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Example Sentences

She crossed the castle-yard to the wood-cellar, her steps printing the thick hoarfrost.

Not till I saw what looked like hoarfrost dropping from the side of the Fall was the problem explained.

The sun had climbed the sky, burning up the hoarfrost and mist, so that the houses opposite had become clearly discernible.

Only the hoarfrost-resisting flower, as the Chinese call the chrysanthemum, is undimmed, the Chinamen's coats as gay.

Birds awoke in the woods, and hoarfrost lay white on the crisped grasses.

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