The Clue
Winter coating (4 letter answer)
The Answer
RIME
Tags
Notes
The answer RIME is seen frequently, appearing about once every 160 puzzles.
Related Clues
Frost
Hoar
Hoarfrost
"The ___ of the Ancient Mariner"
Cold coating
Coleridge creation
Coleridge poem
Coleridge product
Coleridge work
Frosty coating
Hoar frost
Ice crust
Icy coating
Natural coat
Nature film?
Relative of hoarfrost
Snow crust
Winter sight
"Ancient Mariner" verse
Mass of ice crystals
Nature's icy coating
"The ___ was on the spray": Hardy
Word in a Coleridge title
Definition
RIME as a noun:
1. (frost, hoar, hoarfrost, rime) = ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside)
2. (rhyme, rime) = correspondence in the sounds of two or more lines (especially final sounds)
RIME as a verb:
1. (rhyme, rime) = be similar in sound, especially with respect to the last syllable; "hat and cat rhyme"
2. (rhyme, rime) = compose rhymes