Hoarfrost

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  • noun. A white coating of ice crystals formed by sublimation of atmospheric water vapor on a surface.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. White frost. See hoar, a., and frost.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The white particles formed by the congelation of dew; white frost.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. 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.
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  • noun. ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside)
    • Word Usage
    "I did have to look it up, not sure myself, but the explanation was simple really, frozen dew, but the word hoarfrost sounds much more mystical."
    cross-reference
    dew  dew point  glaze  rime  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    ice  water ice  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    Concorde  a-hunting  adopter  assonance  athwart  
    variant
    horefrost  
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