Definitions for hoarhɔr, hoʊr
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
hoarhɔr, hoʊr(n.)
hoarfrost; rime.
Category: Meteorology
(adj.)hoary.
Origin of hoar:
bef. 900; ME hor, OE hār, c. OS, OHG hēr old, ON hārr gray with age
Princeton's WordNet
frost, hoar, hoarfrost, rime(adj)
ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside)
grey, gray, grey-haired, gray-haired, grey-headed, gray-headed, grizzly, hoar, hoary, white-haired(adj)
showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair
"whose beard with age is hoar"-Coleridge; "nodded his hoary head"
Wiktionary
hoar(Adjective)
Of a white or greyish-white colour.
Origin: From hore, from har, from hairaz, from ḱēy(w)-. Cognate with hehr, caerulus, caeruleus.
Webster Dictionary
Hoar(adj)
white, or grayish white; as, hoar frost; hoar cliffs
Hoar(adj)
gray or white with age; hoary
Hoar(adj)
musty; moldy; stale
Hoar(noun)
hoariness; antiquity
Hoar(verb)
to become moldy or musty
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