adjective
- grayish white or white, especially with age
Usage: archaic or poetic
noun
- white or grayish-white frost
Examples
- The hoar frost covered the grass in the early morning.
- His hoar beard made him look distinguished and wise.
- The trees were beautiful with hoar coating their branches.
- The old man’s hoar hair gleamed in the sunlight.
- A thick layer of hoar formed on the car windshield overnight.
- The poet described the hoar mountains in winter.