huurre — meaning in English

English meaning

• frost noun A thin layer of ice crystals that forms on surfaces exposed to freezing air.
• rime noun Archaic in the form rimes: originally, any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; hoar frost (sense 1).

Senses

huurre is used for these senses in English:

• black frost (chiefly, nautical) A mist of very cold droplets that freeze upon impact and coat objects (such as parts of a ship) with ice, potentially causing a ship to capsize.
• frost A cover of minute ice crystals on objects that are exposed to the air. Frost is formed by the same process as dew, except that the temperature of the frosted object is below freezing.

frost — full definition

1. noun A thin layer of ice crystals that forms on surfaces exposed to freezing air.
2. noun Freezing weather cold enough to produce this layer of ice.
3. verb To cover a cake or other baked good with icing.
4. verb To become covered with a thin layer of ice.

rime — full definition

1. noun Archaic in the form rimes: originally, any frozen dew forming a white deposit on exposed surfaces; hoar frost (sense 1).
2. noun A film or slimy coating.
3. noun White hair as an indication of old age.
4. noun Ice formed by the rapid freezing of cold water droplets of fog on to a cold surface.

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