How to pronounce “hoar frost”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• Originally, any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces.
• (specifically, meteorology) 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.

Practice Nearby Words

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Similar Sounds

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