hoarfrost
Noun
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Noun
hoarfrost (uncountable)
- 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.
- Coordinate terms: dew#English|dew, glaze#English|glaze, rime#English|rime
- 1922, A. M. Chisholm, A Thousand a Plate
- In the mornings hoar-frost lay thick upon the ground, and thin ice formed in currentless shallows and overlay the muskrat runways.
- French: gelée blanche, givre
- German: Raureif
- Italian: brina, calaverna
- Portuguese: geada, escarcha
- Russian: и́зморозь
- Spanish: escarcha, helada blanca, cencellada
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