hoarfrost

  • 11hoarfrost — sb. Fragm. Sci. 232 …

    Oldest English Words

  • 12hoarfrost — n. frost, frozen dew, white frost …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 13hoarfrost — noun (U) frost1 (1) …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 14hoarfrost — hoar•frost [[t]ˈhɔrˌfrɔst, ˌfrɒst, ˈhoʊr [/t]] n. mer frost 2) • Etymology: 1250–1300 …

    From formal English to slang

  • 15hoarfrost — /ˈhɔfrɒst / (say hawfrost) noun → frost (def. 3) …

  • 16hoarfrost — noun ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside) • Syn: ↑frost, ↑hoar, ↑rime • Derivationally related forms: ↑frosty (for: ↑frost), ↑frost ( …

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  • 17hoarfrost point — /ˈhɔfrɒst pɔɪnt/ (say hawfrost poynt) noun the temperature to which humid air must be cooled, without change of pressure or humidity, for it to become saturated in the presence of ice. Also, frost point …

  • 18horefrost — Hoarfrost Hoar frost , n. The white particles formed by the congelation of dew; white frost. [Written also {horefrost}. See {Hoar}, a.] [1913 Webster] He scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes. Ps. cxlvii. 16. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 19frost — frostless, adj. frostlike, adj. /frawst, frost/, n. 1. a degree or state of coldness sufficient to cause the freezing of water. 2. Also called hoarfrost. a covering of minute ice needles, formed from the atmosphere at night upon the ground and… …

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  • 20ker-6 and k̂er- —     ker 6 and k̂er     English meaning: dark colour; dirt, etc..     Deutsche Übersetzung: Farbwurzel for dunkle, schmutzige and graue Farbentöne     Note: often extended with i and u; s. the extensions kerb(h) and kers .     Material: O.Ind.… …

    Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary