Associations to the word «Hoar»
Noun
Adverb
Wiktionary
HOAR, noun. A white or greyish-white colour.
HOAR, noun. Hoariness; antiquity.
HOAR, adjective. Of a white or greyish-white colour.
HOAR, adjective. (poetic) Hoarily bearded.
HOAR, adjective. (obsolete) Musty; mouldy; stale.
HOAR, verb. (obsolete) (intransitive) To become mouldy or musty.
HOAR FROST, noun. Alternative spelling of hoarfrost
Dictionary definition
HOAR, noun. Ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside).
HOAR, adjective. Showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair; "whose beard with age is hoar"-Coleridge; "nodded his hoary head".
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