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Noun: hoar  hor
  1. Ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside)
    "The trees were covered in a delicate layer of hoar on the cold winter morning";
    - frost, hoarfrost, rime
Adjective: hoar  hor
Usage: archaic
  1. Showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair
    "whose beard with age is hoar";
    - grey [Brit, Cdn], gray [US], grey-haired [Brit, Cdn], gray-haired [US], grey-headed [Brit, Cdn], gray-headed [US], grizzly, hoary, white-haired

Sounds like: hoar, w

Derived forms: hoars

See also: old

Type of: ice, water ice

Encyclopedia: Hoar, Jonathan