fogbank

See also: fog bank

English

Alternative forms

fog bank

Etymology

fog +‎ bank

Noun

fogbank (plural fogbanks)

A bank of fog.
- 2008 April 9, Verlyn Klinkenborg, “Ving, Vang, Vong. Or, the Pleasures of a New Vocabulary.”, in New York Times‎:
  I realize that I’ve spent most of my life happily sailing into fogbanks of specialized language.

Translations

bank of fog

Danish: tågebanke c
Hungarian: ködpárna, ködréteg, ködfelhő
Macedonian: гу́ста ма́гла f (gústa mágla), ма́гла f (mágla)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: tåkebanke m

Nynorsk: tåkebanke m
Swedish: dimbank c

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