"hoar frost" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈhɔː fɹɒst/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈhoɹ ˌfɹɑst/ [General-American] Audio: En-us-hoar frost.oga Forms: hoar frosts [plural]
Etymology: PIE word *prustós From Middle English hore frost, horfrost [and other forms], from hor (“grey; greyish-white”, adjective) (from Old English hār (“grey”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₃- (“darkness; shadow”)) + frost (“cold spell, freezing weather, frost; hoar-frost; rime”) (from Old English frost, forst, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *prustós (“frost”)). The English word is analysable as hoar (“greyish-white; white”, adjective) + frost. Etymology templates: {{PIE word|en|prustós}} PIE word *prustós, {{root|en|ine-pro|*(s)ḱeh₃-}}, {{inh|en|enm|hore frost}} Middle English hore frost, {{nb...|hoorfrost, hore-forst, hor-forst, hore vrost|otherforms=1}} [and other forms], {{inh|en|ang|hār|t=grey}} Old English hār (“grey”), {{inh|en|ine-pro|*(s)ḱeh₃-|t=darkness; shadow}} Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₃- (“darkness; shadow”), {{inh|en|ang|frost}} Old English frost, {{inh|en|ine-pro|*prustós|t=frost}} Proto-Indo-European *prustós (“frost”), {{compound|en|hoar|frost|pos1=adjective|t1=greyish-white; white}} hoar (“greyish-white; white”, adjective) + frost Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} hoar frost (countable and uncountable, plural hoar frosts)
  1. Originally, any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces. Tags: countable, uncountable
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  2. (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. Tags: countable, specifically, uncountable Categories (topical): Meteorology, Atmospheric phenomena, Ice Synonyms: hoarfrost, hoar-frost Derived forms: hoarfrosted, hoarfrosty Related terms: hoar Translations (any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces): brymë [feminine] (Albanian), صَقِيع (ṣaqīʕ) [masculine] (Arabic), եղյամ (eġyam) (Armenian), brumã [feminine] (Aromanian), lawqi (Atayal), qırov (Azerbaijani), ҡырау (qıraw) (Bashkir), слана (slana) [feminine] (Bulgarian), скреж (skrež) [masculine] (Bulgarian), gebre [masculine] (Catalan), (shuāng) (Chinese Mandarin), jinovatka (Czech), námraza (Czech), rim (Danish), rijm [masculine] (Dutch), rijp [masculine] (Dutch), vriesdauw [masculine] (Dutch), prujno (Esperanto), härmatis (Estonian), härmä (Finnish), gelée blanche [feminine] (French), givre [masculine] (French), xeada [feminine] (Galician), lazo [masculine] (Galician), carazo [masculine] (Galician), estromba [feminine] (Galician), pruína [feminine] (Galician), cadorno [masculine] (Galician), tello [masculine] (Galician), თრთვილი (trtvili) (Georgian), ჭირხლი (č̣irxli) (Georgian), Raureif [masculine] (German), πάχνη (páchni) [feminine] (Greek), כְּפוֹר (kfor) [masculine] (Hebrew), zúzmara (Hungarian), hrím [neuter] (Icelandic), sioc bán [masculine] (Irish), sioc geal [masculine] (Irish), brina [feminine] (Italian), calaverna [feminine] (Italian), (shimo) (alt: しも) (Japanese), huuvveh (Karelian), 흰 서리 (huin seori) (Korean), pruīna [feminine] (Latin), šarmà [feminine] (Lithuanian), Bromee [masculine] (Luxembourgish), и́ње (ínje) [neuter] (Macedonian), о́кит (ókit) [masculine] (Macedonian), сла́на (slána) [feminine] (Macedonian), хяруу (xjaruu) (Mongolian), gibre [masculine] (Occitan), قراغو (kırağu, kırağı) (Ottoman Turkish), ژاله (žâle) (Persian), Riep [masculine] (Plautdietsch), szron [masculine] (Polish), geada [feminine] (Portuguese), escarcha [feminine] (Portuguese), ਕੋਰਾ (korā) [Gurmukhi] (Punjabi), کورا (korā) [Shahmukhi, masculine] (Punjabi), chiciură [feminine] (Romanian), promoroacă [feminine] (Romanian), brumă [feminine] (Romanian), и́зморозь (ízmorozʹ) [feminine] (Russian), и́ней (ínej) [masculine] (Russian), अवश्या (avaśyā) [feminine] (Sanskrit), reòthadh-liath [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), сла́на [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), иње [Cyrillic, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), slána [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), inje [Roman, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), escarcha [feminine] (Spanish), helada blanca [feminine] (Spanish), cencellada [feminine] (Spanish), rimfrost [common-gender] (Swedish), ajris [masculine] (Tarifit), kırağı (Turkish), і́ній (ínij) [masculine] (Ukrainian), frod (Volapük), barrug [masculine] (Welsh), llwydrew [masculine] (Welsh), glasrew [masculine] (Welsh), sương muối (White Hmong)
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          "_dis1": "10 90",
          "word": "hoarfrosted"
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        {
          "ref": "1780 April 20, Patrick Wilson, “XXVI. An Account of a Most Extraordinary Degree of Cold at Glasgow in January Last; together with Some New Experiments and Observations on the Comparative Temperature of Hoar-frost and the Air near to It, Made at the Macfarlane Observatory Belonging to the College. […]”, in Philosophical Transactions, of the Royal Society of London, volume LXX, part II, London: […] Lockyer Davis, and Peter Elmsly, printers to the Royal Society, →OCLC, pages 468–469:",
          "text": "On Sunday night, January 23, ſeveral things vvere laid out at the Obſervatory, ſuch as ſheets of brovvn paper, pieces of boards, plates of metal, glaſſes of ſeveral kinds, &c. vvhich all began to contract hoar-froſt ſeemingly as ſoon as each body had time to cool dovvn to the temperature of the air. The ſheets of brovvn paper being ſo thin acquired it ſooneſt, and vvhen beheld in candle-light they became beautifully ſpangled over by innumerable reflections from the ſmall cryſtals of hoar-froſt vvhich had parted from the air.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1817, John Murray, “Of Caloric”, in Elements of Chemistry. […], 4th edition, volume I, Edinburgh: […] Francis Pillans, […]; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, & Brown, →OCLC, book II (Of Repulsion, and the Powers by which It is Produced), section III (Of the Communication and Diffusion of Caloric), page 146:",
          "text": "This striking fact, of the lower temperature of the surface on which dew and hoarfrost are forming, it was always found difficult to explain; for the transition of a body from the state of vapour to the fluid or solid form is always accompanied with an evolution of heat, […] The surface is not warmer in consequence of the formation of the dew or hoarfrost, but the dew or hoarfrost is deposited because the surface is previously cold; and its low temperature, compared with that of the air above, is owing to the discharge of heat by radiation.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1989, James C. Halfpenny, Roy Douglas Ozanne, “What and Where is Winter?”, in Winter: An Ecological Handbook, Boulder, Colo.: Johnson Books, →ISBN, page 47, column 1:",
          "text": "Hoar frost forms when water vapor sublimates^([sic]) onto a surface. It is the frozen equivalent of dew. […] Conditions leading to hoar frost formation include the movement of vapor within the snowpack, the presence of supersaturated air in crevasses, ice caves, and animal burrows, and the occurrence of clear evenings with high levels of outgoing longwave radiation.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2005, Manh-Cuong Pham, “Conclusions and Policy Implications”, in Land-use Change in the Northwestern Uplands of Vietnam: Empirical Evidence from Spatial Econometric Models and Geo-referenced Analyses and Policy Implications for Sustainable Rural Development, Göttingen: Cuvillier Verlag, →ISBN, page 331:",
          "text": "However, high mountains with a long winter and long dry spells, hoarfrosts and infertile soils are not an ideal environment for some annual crops but are well suited for perennial industrial crops and forest species.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013, “Rain Water: Atmospheric Deposition”, in Sven Erik Jørgensen, editor, Encyclopedia of Environmental Management, volume I, Boca Raton, Fla.: CRC Press, →ISBN, page 2257, column 1:",
          "text": "The samples of hoar frost collected at all the stations contained few NO₃⁻ ions; this may have been because frost forms at night, when the intensity of road traffic is 2–3 times less than during the day. The largest proportion of NO₃⁻ ions was found in the farmland samples of hoar frost; the reason for this may be the application of nitrogen fertilizers in agriculture.",
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        "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."
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          "ice",
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          "crystals",
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          "first",
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        [
          "turning",
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        ],
        [
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        [
          "water",
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        ],
        [
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        ],
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        ],
        [
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          "moist#Adjective"
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        "(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."
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "10 90",
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          "_dis1": "30 70",
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        {
          "_dis1": "30 70",
          "word": "hoar-frost"
        }
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        "countable",
        "specifically",
        "uncountable"
      ],
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        "climatology",
        "meteorology",
        "natural-sciences"
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          "_dis1": "26 74",
          "code": "sq",
          "lang": "Albanian",
          "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "brymë"
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        {
          "_dis1": "26 74",
          "code": "ar",
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          "roman": "ṣaqīʕ",
          "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "صَقِيع"
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          "_dis1": "26 74",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "eġyam",
          "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
          "word": "եղյամ"
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        {
          "_dis1": "26 74",
          "code": "rup",
          "lang": "Aromanian",
          "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "brumã"
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        {
          "_dis1": "26 74",
          "code": "tay",
          "lang": "Atayal",
          "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
          "word": "lawqi"
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          "_dis1": "26 74",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
          "word": "qırov"
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          "_dis1": "26 74",
          "code": "ba",
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          "roman": "qıraw",
          "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
          "word": "ҡырау"
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          "_dis1": "26 74",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "slana",
          "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "слана"
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          "_dis1": "26 74",
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          "roman": "skrež",
          "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "скреж"
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          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "gebre"
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        {
          "_dis1": "26 74",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "shuāng",
          "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
          "word": "霜"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 74",
          "code": "cs",
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          "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
          "word": "jinovatka"
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        {
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          "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
          "word": "námraza"
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          "_dis1": "26 74",
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          "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
          "tags": [
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          "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
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          "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "vriesdauw"
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          "_dis1": "26 74",
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          "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
          "word": "prujno"
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          "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
          "word": "härmatis"
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          "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
          "word": "härmä"
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        {
          "_dis1": "26 74",
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          "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "gelée blanche"
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        {
          "_dis1": "26 74",
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          "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "givre"
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        {
          "_dis1": "26 74",
          "code": "gl",
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          "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "xeada"
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        {
          "_dis1": "26 74",
          "code": "gl",
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          "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "lazo"
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        {
          "_dis1": "26 74",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "carazo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 74",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "estromba"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 74",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "pruína"
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        {
          "_dis1": "26 74",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "cadorno"
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        {
          "_dis1": "26 74",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "tello"
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        {
          "_dis1": "26 74",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "trtvili",
          "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
          "word": "თრთვილი"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 74",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "č̣irxli",
          "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
          "word": "ჭირხლი"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 74",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Raureif"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 74",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "páchni",
          "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "πάχνη"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 74",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "kfor",
          "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "כְּפוֹר"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 74",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
          "word": "zúzmara"
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        {
          "_dis1": "26 74",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
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          "word": "hrím"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 74",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "sioc bán"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 74",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "sioc geal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 74",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "brina"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 74",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "calaverna"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 74",
          "alt": "しも",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "shimo",
          "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
          "word": "霜"
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          "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
          "word": "huuvveh"
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          "_dis1": "26 74",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "huin seori",
          "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
          "word": "흰 서리"
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          "_dis1": "26 74",
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          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "pruīna"
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          "_dis1": "26 74",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "šarmà"
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          "lang": "Luxembourgish",
          "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "Bromee"
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          "_dis1": "26 74",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "ínje",
          "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
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          "_dis1": "26 74",
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          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "ókit",
          "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
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          "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
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          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
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          "word": "gibre"
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          "_dis1": "26 74",
          "code": "ota",
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          "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
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          "roman": "žâle",
          "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
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          "lang": "Plautdietsch",
          "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
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          "word": "Riep"
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          "_dis1": "26 74",
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "szron"
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          "_dis1": "26 74",
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          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "geada"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 74",
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          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "escarcha"
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          "_dis1": "26 74",
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          "roman": "korā",
          "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "ਕੋਰਾ"
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          "_dis1": "26 74",
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          "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
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          "_dis1": "26 74",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "chiciură"
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          "_dis1": "26 74",
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          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "promoroacă"
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          "_dis1": "26 74",
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          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "brumă"
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          "_dis1": "26 74",
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          "roman": "ízmorozʹ",
          "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "и́зморозь"
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        {
          "_dis1": "26 74",
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          "roman": "ínej",
          "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "и́ней"
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          "_dis1": "26 74",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "reòthadh-liath"
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          "_dis1": "26 74",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
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          "_dis1": "26 74",
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          "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
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          "_dis1": "26 74",
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          "word": "slána"
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          "_dis1": "26 74",
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          "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
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          "tags": [
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          "_dis1": "26 74",
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          "_dis1": "26 74",
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          "_dis1": "26 74",
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          "ref": "1535 October 14 (Gregorian calendar), Myles Coverdale, transl., Biblia: The Byble, […] (Coverdale Bible), [Cologne or Marburg]: [Eucharius Cervicornus and Johannes Soter?], →OCLC, Psalm cxlvij:[16], folio xxxvij, recto, column 2:",
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          "ref": "1663, Robert Boyle, “Title V. Experiments Touching the Tendency of Cold Upwards or Downwards.”, in New Experiments and Observations Touching Cold, or, An Experimental History of Cold, Begun. […], London: […] Richard Davis, […], published 1683, →OCLC, paragraph 4, page 69:",
          "text": "[W]hen vve have, as vve very frequently have, put mixtures of ſnovv and ſalt into vials, and left them in the open Air, vve generally obſerv'd, that the outſide of the Glaſs vvas cas'd vvith ice, or covered vvith hoar froſt, directly over againſt that part of the inſide of the Glaſs, vvherein the frigorifick mixture vvas.",
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          "ref": "1785, Patrick Wilson, “[Account of Some Experiments on Cold]”, in Andrew Duncan, compiler, Medical Commentaries, for the Years 1783–84. […], volume IX, London: […] J[ohn] Murray, […], and C[harles] Dilly, […]; Edinburgh: W. Gordon and C. Elliott, →OCLC, section III (Medical News), page 426:",
          "text": "[…] It is moſt remarkable on the ſurface of ſnovv, vvhen covered vvith hoarfroſt, and on other bodies vvhere hoarfroſt moſt abounds. In ſuch caſes, I have often found the ſurface to be ſeven degrees colder than the air at the diſtance of tvvo feet; […]",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1835 December 19, Henry D. Sewell, “Art. XVII.—Notes upon the Country in the Vicinity of Quebec.”, in Transactions of the Literary and Historical Society of Quebec, volume III, Quebec City, Que.: […] [F]or the Literary and Historical Society [of Quebec], by W. Nielson, […], →OCLC, page 310:",
          "text": "I was informed that the clear spots which are surrounded by woods, are particularly liable to hoar frosts in the spring and autumn; […] When any of our parties pitched their tents near the exits of rivers, they found the nights colder, and observed hoar frosts to occur more frequently, than those whose encampments were differently situated.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1857, “HOAR-FROST”, in John M. Wilson, editor, The Rural Cyclopedia, or A General Dictionary of Agriculture. […], volumes II (D–I), Edinburgh, London: A[rchibald] Fullarton and Co. […], →OCLC, page 657, column 1:",
          "text": "The mean temperature of the day and night at which injurious hoar-frosts may occur, may, relatively to the freezing-point, be very high.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1880, [Mary Elizabeth Braddon], “At the Sugar-loaves”, in Just as I Am […], volume I, London: John and Robert Maxwell […], →OCLC, page 183:",
          "text": "The fields and hedgerows around Austhorpe were white with wintry rime, and all the trees were fairy-trees wreathed with hoar-frost.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1922 November 25, A[rthur] M[urray] Chisholm, “A Thousand a Plate”, in Western Story Magazine, volume XXX, number 4, New York, N.Y.: Street & Smith, →OCLC, page 86, column 2:",
          "text": "In the mornings hoar[-]frost lay thick upon the ground, and thin ice formed in currentless shallows and overlay the muskrat runways.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2001, Rupert Woodfin, Judy Groves, illustrator, “An Odd Mixture”, in Richard Appignanesi, editor, Introducing Aristotle (Introducing …), Thriplow, Cambridgeshire: Icon Books; [United States]: Totem Books, published 2002, →ISBN, page 104:",
          "text": "Aristotle deals with many of these cosmic matters in Meteorology, along with the Aurora Borealis, comets, the Milky Way, rain, clouds, dew and hoar frost, snow, hail, winds, rivers, springs, climate, coastal change, where does the sea come from and why is it salty, more on winds, earthquakes, volcanoes, thunder and lightning, hurricanes, haloes and rainbows.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Originally, any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "frozen",
          "frozen#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "dew",
          "dew#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "forming",
          "form#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "white",
          "white#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "deposit",
          "deposit#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "exposed",
          "exposed#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "surfaces",
          "surface#Noun"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:frozen dew"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "en:Meteorology"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1780 April 20, Patrick Wilson, “XXVI. An Account of a Most Extraordinary Degree of Cold at Glasgow in January Last; together with Some New Experiments and Observations on the Comparative Temperature of Hoar-frost and the Air near to It, Made at the Macfarlane Observatory Belonging to the College. […]”, in Philosophical Transactions, of the Royal Society of London, volume LXX, part II, London: […] Lockyer Davis, and Peter Elmsly, printers to the Royal Society, →OCLC, pages 468–469:",
          "text": "On Sunday night, January 23, ſeveral things vvere laid out at the Obſervatory, ſuch as ſheets of brovvn paper, pieces of boards, plates of metal, glaſſes of ſeveral kinds, &c. vvhich all began to contract hoar-froſt ſeemingly as ſoon as each body had time to cool dovvn to the temperature of the air. The ſheets of brovvn paper being ſo thin acquired it ſooneſt, and vvhen beheld in candle-light they became beautifully ſpangled over by innumerable reflections from the ſmall cryſtals of hoar-froſt vvhich had parted from the air.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1817, John Murray, “Of Caloric”, in Elements of Chemistry. […], 4th edition, volume I, Edinburgh: […] Francis Pillans, […]; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, & Brown, →OCLC, book II (Of Repulsion, and the Powers by which It is Produced), section III (Of the Communication and Diffusion of Caloric), page 146:",
          "text": "This striking fact, of the lower temperature of the surface on which dew and hoarfrost are forming, it was always found difficult to explain; for the transition of a body from the state of vapour to the fluid or solid form is always accompanied with an evolution of heat, […] The surface is not warmer in consequence of the formation of the dew or hoarfrost, but the dew or hoarfrost is deposited because the surface is previously cold; and its low temperature, compared with that of the air above, is owing to the discharge of heat by radiation.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1989, James C. Halfpenny, Roy Douglas Ozanne, “What and Where is Winter?”, in Winter: An Ecological Handbook, Boulder, Colo.: Johnson Books, →ISBN, page 47, column 1:",
          "text": "Hoar frost forms when water vapor sublimates^([sic]) onto a surface. It is the frozen equivalent of dew. […] Conditions leading to hoar frost formation include the movement of vapor within the snowpack, the presence of supersaturated air in crevasses, ice caves, and animal burrows, and the occurrence of clear evenings with high levels of outgoing longwave radiation.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2005, Manh-Cuong Pham, “Conclusions and Policy Implications”, in Land-use Change in the Northwestern Uplands of Vietnam: Empirical Evidence from Spatial Econometric Models and Geo-referenced Analyses and Policy Implications for Sustainable Rural Development, Göttingen: Cuvillier Verlag, →ISBN, page 331:",
          "text": "However, high mountains with a long winter and long dry spells, hoarfrosts and infertile soils are not an ideal environment for some annual crops but are well suited for perennial industrial crops and forest species.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013, “Rain Water: Atmospheric Deposition”, in Sven Erik Jørgensen, editor, Encyclopedia of Environmental Management, volume I, Boca Raton, Fla.: CRC Press, →ISBN, page 2257, column 1:",
          "text": "The samples of hoar frost collected at all the stations contained few NO₃⁻ ions; this may have been because frost forms at night, when the intensity of road traffic is 2–3 times less than during the day. The largest proportion of NO₃⁻ ions was found in the farmland samples of hoar frost; the reason for this may be the application of nitrogen fertilizers in agriculture.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "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."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "meteorology",
          "meteorology"
        ],
        [
          "Water vapour",
          "water vapour"
        ],
        [
          "undergone",
          "undergo"
        ],
        [
          "deposition",
          "deposition"
        ],
        [
          "desublimation",
          "desublimation#English"
        ],
        [
          "transformation",
          "transformation"
        ],
        [
          "directly",
          "directly"
        ],
        [
          "ice",
          "ice#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "crystals",
          "crystal#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "first",
          "first#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "turning",
          "turn#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "liquid",
          "liquid#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "water",
          "water#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "air",
          "air#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "cold",
          "cold#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "moist",
          "moist#Adjective"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(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."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "specifically",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "climatology",
        "meteorology",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhɔː fɹɒst/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhoɹ ˌfɹɑst/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-us-hoar frost.oga",
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "hoarfrost"
    },
    {
      "word": "hoar-frost"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "brymë"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ṣaqīʕ",
      "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "صَقِيع"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "eġyam",
      "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
      "word": "եղյամ"
    },
    {
      "code": "rup",
      "lang": "Aromanian",
      "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "brumã"
    },
    {
      "code": "tay",
      "lang": "Atayal",
      "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
      "word": "lawqi"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
      "word": "qırov"
    },
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "qıraw",
      "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
      "word": "ҡырау"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "slana",
      "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "слана"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "skrež",
      "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "скреж"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gebre"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shuāng",
      "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
      "word": "霜"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
      "word": "jinovatka"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
      "word": "námraza"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
      "word": "rim"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rijm"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rijp"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vriesdauw"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
      "word": "prujno"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
      "word": "härmatis"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
      "word": "härmä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gelée blanche"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "givre"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "xeada"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lazo"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "carazo"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "estromba"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pruína"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cadorno"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tello"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "trtvili",
      "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
      "word": "თრთვილი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "č̣irxli",
      "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
      "word": "ჭირხლი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Raureif"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "páchni",
      "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "πάχνη"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "kfor",
      "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "כְּפוֹר"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
      "word": "zúzmara"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "hrím"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sioc bán"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sioc geal"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "brina"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "calaverna"
    },
    {
      "alt": "しも",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shimo",
      "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
      "word": "霜"
    },
    {
      "code": "krl",
      "lang": "Karelian",
      "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
      "word": "huuvveh"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "huin seori",
      "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
      "word": "흰 서리"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pruīna"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "šarmà"
    },
    {
      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Bromee"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "ínje",
      "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "и́ње"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "ókit",
      "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "о́кит"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "slána",
      "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "сла́на"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "xjaruu",
      "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
      "word": "хяруу"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gibre"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "kırağu, kırağı",
      "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
      "word": "قراغو"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "žâle",
      "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
      "word": "ژاله"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Riep"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "szron"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "geada"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "escarcha"
    },
    {
      "code": "pa",
      "lang": "Punjabi",
      "roman": "korā",
      "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
      "tags": [
        "Gurmukhi"
      ],
      "word": "ਕੋਰਾ"
    },
    {
      "code": "pa",
      "lang": "Punjabi",
      "roman": "korā",
      "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
      "tags": [
        "Shahmukhi",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "کورا"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "chiciură"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "promoroacă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "brumă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ízmorozʹ",
      "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "и́зморозь"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ínej",
      "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "и́ней"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "reòthadh-liath"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "сла́на"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "иње"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "slána"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "inje"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "avaśyā",
      "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "अवश्या"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "escarcha"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "helada blanca"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cencellada"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "rimfrost"
    },
    {
      "code": "rif",
      "lang": "Tarifit",
      "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ajris"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
      "word": "kırağı"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "ínij",
      "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "і́ній"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
      "word": "frod"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "barrug"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "llwydrew"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "glasrew"
    },
    {
      "code": "mww",
      "lang": "White Hmong",
      "sense": "any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation (“transformation directly into ice crystals without first turning into liquid water”) to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces",
      "word": "sương muối"
    }
  ],
  "word": "hoar frost"
}

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