hoar

(eg. house, explanation, beauty )

hoar  /ˈhɔr/ ? Meaning of "hoar"

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Definition(s):

  1. (n) ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside)
  2. (adj) showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair

Synonym(s)

hoarfrost, rime, gray, gray-haired, gray-headed, grey

Usage(s):

  1. Do not let his hoar head go peacefully down to the grave.
  2. He might have shown a preference in the naming of his earldom for some title as hoar in honor as the first half of that possessed by nouveau Lord Oxford and Asquith.
  3. About her hungry lightning tongues lick often, winds howl, and evil legends cluster grim and hoar.
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