noun · countable / uncountable · rare

hoar frost

hoar frost · hoar frosts

іній

изморозь, иней

Raureif

Originally, any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfacesOriginally, any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces.

UK/ˈhɔː fɹɒst/US/ˈhoɹ ˌfɹɑst/

» The grass was silvered with hoar-frost and in the wood across the stream a bird was singing.

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Meaning

2 senses

(countable, uncountable)Originally, any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces.
(countable, specifically, uncountable)Water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) when the air is cold and moist to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces.
Raureif
и́зморозьízmorozʹ, и́нейínej
і́нійínij

Examples

1 sentences

The grass was silvered with hoar-frost and in the wood across the stream a bird was singing.
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any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces:

Русский

By meaning 1

any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces: