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What does hoarfrost mean?

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Noun
  1. 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.
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Also in winter, hoarfrost will occur, at times, with ice fog and, when it does, the ice fog is slow to clear.
As more and more woke up, a rising chorus of shrieks for help shook hoarfrost from the vaulted stones, and eventually called help.
At the base camp, Clottes bunked down, as did everyone, in a dorm room, and braved the morning hoarfrost for a dash to the communal showers.
This is possibly due to the sublimation of the hoarfrost and subsequent increase in low level moisture after sunrise.
There was not a breath of wind, but every twig and branch bristled with spiky hoarfrost.
And he destroyed their vineyards with hail, and their mulberry trees with hoarfrost.

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