hoar in English dictionary

  • hoar

    Meanings and definitions of "hoar"

    • A white or greyish-white colour.
    • hoar colour:
    • Of a white or greyish-white colour.
    • adjective
      Of a white or greyish-white colour.
    • adjective
      (poetic)
      Hoarily bearded.
    • adjective
      (obsolete)
      Musty; mouldy; stale.
    • noun
      A white or greyish-white colour.
    • noun
      Hoariness; antiquity.
    • verb
      (obsolete, intransitive)
      To become mouldy or musty.
    • adjective
      showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair; "whose beard with age is hoar"-Coleridge; "nodded his hoary head"
    • noun
      ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside)

    Synonyms of "hoar" in English dictionary

    gray, old, hoary are the top synonyms of "hoar" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of hoar

    • hoar ( plural  hoars)
    • hoar ( not comparable)
    • hoar (not comparable)
    • hoar (plural hoars)
    • hoar (third-person singular simple present hoars, present participle hoaring, simple past and past participle hoared)

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