HOARFROST

frost, hoar, hoarfrost, rime

(noun) ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

hoarfrost (usually uncountable, plural hoarfrosts)

Dew-drops which have undergone deposition and frozen into ice crystals to form a white deposit on an exposed surface, when the air is cold and moist.

Coordinate terms: dew, glaze, rime

Source: Wiktionary


Hoar"frost`, n.

Definition: The white particles formed by the congelation of dew; white frost. [Written also horefrost. See Hoar, a.] He scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes. Ps. cxlvii. 16.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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