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HOARINESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hoariness mean? 

HOARINESS (noun)
  The noun HOARINESS has 2 senses:

1. a silvery-white colorplay

2. great age (especially grey or white with age)play

  Familiarity information: HOARINESS used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HOARINESS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A silvery-white color

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

frostiness; hoariness

Hypernyms ("hoariness" is a kind of...):

white; whiteness (the quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black))

Derivation:

hoary (showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Great age (especially grey or white with age)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("hoariness" is a kind of...):

oldness (the quality of being old; the opposite of newness)

Derivation:

hoary (showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair)


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