hoar

[ hawr, hohr ]

/ hɔr, hoʊr /

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noun

hoarfrost; rime.

a hoary coating or appearance.

adjective

hoary.

Origin of hoar

before 900; Middle English hor,Old English hār; cognate with Old Norse hārr gray with age, Old Frisian hēr gray, Old High German hēr old (German hehr august, sublime)

Words nearby hoar

hoactzin, Hoad, hoagie, Hoagland, hoagy, hoar, hoard, hoarding, Hoare, hoarfrost, hoarhound

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Example sentences from the Web for hoar

Senator Hoar suggested my name and insisted that I was the man best fitted for the position.
The Facts of Reconstruction|John R. Lynch
Hoar and the children had migrated to the kitchen at the back, a draughty place hardly large enough for the lot to turn round in.
Johnny Ludlow. First Series|Mrs. Henry Wood
As you have already seen, Mr. Hoar made the motion for the special order, which was carried and the petitions presented.
History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III (of III)|Various
Nor rough nor barren are the winding ways Of hoar antiquity, but strown with flowers.
The Memorials of the Hamlet of Knightsbridge|Henry George Davis

This means that Mr. Hoar's place had been suggested, which Newton seems to have declined.
A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II (of II)|Augustus de Morgan

British Dictionary definitions for hoar

hoar

/ (hɔː) /

noun

short for hoarfrost

adjective

rare covered with hoarfrost

archaic a poetic variant of hoary

Word Origin for hoar

Old English hār; related to Old Norse hārr, Old High German hēr, Old Slavonic sěrǔ grey

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单词	hoar
释义	hoar [ hawr, hohr ] / hɔr, hoʊr / SEE SYNONYMS FOR hoar ON THESAURUS.COM noun hoarfrost; rime. a hoary coating or appearance. adjective hoary. Origin of hoar before 900; Middle English hor,Old English hār; cognate with Old Norse hārr gray with age, Old Frisian hēr gray, Old High German hēr old (German hehr august, sublime) Words nearby hoar hoactzin, Hoad, hoagie, Hoagland, hoagy, hoar, hoard, hoarding, Hoare, hoarfrost, hoarhound Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for hoar Senator Hoar suggested my name and insisted that I was the man best fitted for the position. The Facts of Reconstruction\|John R. Lynch Hoar and the children had migrated to the kitchen at the back, a draughty place hardly large enough for the lot to turn round in. Johnny Ludlow. First Series\|Mrs. Henry Wood As you have already seen, Mr. Hoar made the motion for the special order, which was carried and the petitions presented. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III (of III)\|Various Nor rough nor barren are the winding ways Of hoar antiquity, but strown with flowers. The Memorials of the Hamlet of Knightsbridge\|Henry George Davis This means that Mr. Hoar's place had been suggested, which Newton seems to have declined. A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II (of II)\|Augustus de Morgan British Dictionary definitions for hoar hoar / (hɔː) / noun short for hoarfrost adjective rare covered with hoarfrost archaic a poetic variant of hoary Word Origin for hoar Old English hār; related to Old Norse hārr, Old High German hēr, Old Slavonic sěrǔ grey Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to hoar chilly, icy, wintry, frigid, glacial, ice, freeze, hoarfrost, arctic, chill, cool, frozen, gelid, nippy, shivery, antarctic, icicled, rimy
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hoar

noun

adjective

Origin of hoar

Words nearby hoar

Example sentences from the Web for hoar

British Dictionary definitions for hoar

noun

adjective

Word Origin for hoar

Words related to hoar