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fog bank

noun

  1. a stratum of fog as seen from a distance.


fog bank

noun

  1. a distinct mass of fog, esp at sea
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of fog bank1

First recorded in 1650–60
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Example Sentences

The truth is a blood-red fog bank rolled over all of us in Iraq and Afghanistan and never lifted.

One year we were enveloped in a thick fog bank as we approached Menemsha Harbor.

The huge sail thrust its yard high above the fog bank, and watchers on the river side saw it.

The East is a muddy sea with no bottom, and it swallows a man like a fog bank swallows a ship.

We were standing on the edge of the wharf, shut out from the world by a fog bank that left us to all intents alone.

The grey, heavy heave of the water; the great hull of the steamer backing into the bay; the gloom of the fog bank.

He pushed up through a fog bank at three thousand feet and reached blue skies.

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