Definition of hoar Hoar
/hɔˈɹ/ - [hor] - hoar
We found 14 definitions of hoar from 5 different sources.
What does hoar mean?
WordNet
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| hoar - showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair; "whose beard with age is hoar"-Coleridge; "nodded his hoary head" | ||
| grey, gray, grey-haired, gray-haired, grey-headed, gray-headed, grizzly, hoary, white-haired | ||
| old of a very early stage in development; "Old English is also called Anglo Saxon"; "Old High German is High German from the middle of the 9th to the end of the 11th century" | ||
Noun |
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| hoar - ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside) | ||
| frost, hoarfrost, rime | ||
| water ice, ice an ice containing no milk but having a mushy consistency; usually made from fruit juice | ||
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Wiktionary 
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- hoar (a.)
White, or grayish white; as, hoar frost; hoar cliffs. - hoar (a.)
Gray or white with age; hoary. - hoar (a.)
Musty; moldy; stale. - hoar (n.)
Hoariness; antiquity. - hoar (v. t.)
To become moldy or musty.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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hoar
hōr, adj. white or grayish-white, esp. with age or frost: mouldy.—n. hoariness: age.—v.i. (Shak.) to become mouldy.—n. Hoar′-frost, white frost: the white particles formed by the freezing of dew.—adjs. Hoar′-head′ed, Hoar′y, white or gray with age: (bot.) covered with short, dense, whitish hairs.—adv. Hoar′ily.—ns. Hoar′iness; Hoar′-stone, an ancient boundary stone. [A.S. hár, hoary, gray; Ice. hárr.]
Part of speech
🔤- hoar, noun, singular of hoars.
- hoar, adjective.
