hoarfrost
Origin of hoarfrost
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How to use hoarfrost in a sentence
She crossed the castle-yard to the wood-cellar, her steps printing the thick hoarfrost.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume XXI | Robert Louis StevensonNot till I saw what looked like hoarfrost dropping from the side of the Fall was the problem explained.
The Yosemite | John MuirThe sun had climbed the sky, burning up the hoarfrost and mist, so that the houses opposite had become clearly discernible.
The Far Horizon | Lucas MaletOnly the hoarfrost-resisting flower, as the Chinese call the chrysanthemum, is undimmed, the Chinamen's coats as gay.
Intimate China | Mrs. Archibald LittleBirds awoke in the woods, and hoarfrost lay white on the crisped grasses.
The Trail Book | Mary Austin
British Dictionary definitions for hoarfrost
/ (ˈhɔːˌfrɒst) /
a deposit of needle-like ice crystals formed on the ground by direct condensation at temperatures below freezing point: Also called: white frost
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Scientific definitions for hoarfrost
[ hôr′frôst′ ]
Frozen dew that forms a white coating on a surface.
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