Lexic.us

Definition of Hoar

1. Adjective. Showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair. "Nodded his hoary head"

2. Noun. Ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside).

Definition of Hoar

1. a. White, or grayish white; as, hoar frost; hoar cliffs.

2. n. Hoariness; antiquity.

3. v. t. To become moldy or musty.

Definition of Hoar

1. Noun. A white or greyish-white colour. ¹

2. Adjective. Of a white or greyish-white colour. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Hoar

1. a white coating [n -S]

Medical Definition of Hoar

1. 1. White, or grayish white: as, hoar frost; hoar cliffs. "Hoar waters." 2. Gray or white with age; hoary. "Whose beard with age is hoar." (Coleridge) "Old trees with trunks all hoar." (Byron) 3. Musty; moldy; stale. Origin: OE. Hor, har, AS. Har; akin to Icel. Harr, and to OHG. Her illustrious, magnificent; cf. Icel. Heith brightness of the sky, Goth. Hais torch, Skr. Ketus light, torch. Cf. Hoary. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hoar

ho bag ho bags ho hum ho there hoa hoaching hoactzin hoactzines hoactzins hoaed

hoagie hoagies hoagy hoaing hoaky hoar (current term) hoar-frost hoar-frosts hoar frost hoard

hoarded hoarded wealth hoarder hoarders hoarding hoardingly hoardings hoards hoared hoarfrost

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