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hoar

hoar
H h

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [hawr, hohr]
    • /hɔr, hoʊr/
    • /hɔː/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [hawr, hohr]
    • /hɔr, hoʊr/

Definitions of hoar word

  • noun hoar hoarfrost; rime. 1
  • noun hoar a hoary coating or appearance. 1
  • abbreviation HOAR hoary. 1
  • noun hoar Grayish white; gray or gray-haired with age. 1
  • noun hoar white ice, white frost 1
  • adjective hoar covered with hoarfrost 0

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Origin of hoar

First appearance:

before 900
One of the 4% oldest English words
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)

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Parts of speech for Hoar

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

hoar popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 82% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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Synonyms for hoar

adj hoar

  • chilly — Something that is chilly is unpleasantly cold.
  • icy — made of, full of, or covered with ice: icy roads.
  • wintry — of or characteristic of winter: wintry blasts; wintry skies.
  • frigid — very cold in temperature: a frigid climate.
  • glacial — of or relating to glaciers or ice sheets.

noun hoar

  • ice — the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
  • freeze — to become hardened into ice or into a solid body; change from the liquid to the solid state by loss of heat.
  • hoarfrost — frost (def 2).
  • frost — Robert (Lee) 1874–1963, U.S. poet.

Antonyms for hoar

adj hoar

  • friendly — characteristic of or befitting a friend; showing friendship: a friendly greeting.
  • responsive — responding especially readily and sympathetically to appeals, efforts, influences, etc.: a responsive government.
  • amicable — When people have an amicable relationship, they are pleasant to each other and solve their problems without quarrelling.
  • hot — having or giving off heat; having a high temperature: a hot fire; hot coffee.
  • warm — having or giving out a moderate degree of heat, as perceived by the senses: a warm bath.

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