hoar | ||
1. | [ adjective ] showing characteristics of age, especially having gray or white hair | |
Synonyms: | gray gray-haired white-haired gray-headed grey-haired hoary grey-headed grey | |
Examples: | "whose beard with age is hoar"-Coleridge "nodded his hoary head" |
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Related terms: | old | |
2. | [ adjective ] showing characteristics of age, especially having gray or white hair | |
Synonyms: | gray gray-haired hoary grey-haired grey grizzly grey-headed white-haired gray-headed | |
Examples: | "whose beard with age is hoar"-Coleridge "nodded his hoary head" |
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Related terms: | old | |
3. | [ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 16134 | |
4. | [ noun ] (chemistry,meteorology) ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside) | |
Synonyms: | frost rime hoarfrost | |
Related terms: | ice frost | |
Similar spelling: |
hoary hour Hori Hora Hoyer Howry Hower houri Hoerr Howery hooray Hoheria houhere |