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fogbank

fogbank

1 8.4
A large thick area of fog over the sea
  • noun
  • /ˈfɔɡˌbæŋk/
: banco de niebla
  • As the sun set, the fogbank enveloped the coastline, creating an eerie atmosphere for the evening.

Examples

  • They moved through the fogbank, a roiling cloud of white wings.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • OFFSHORE WATERS - IN FOGBANK

    Fiction book (1991)

  • A fogbank on the horizon and the long clouds lying above it were a color she had never seen in the thousand or so sunsets she had watched from this beach: a greyish mauve or lilac, dull, a heavy color, but immensely quiet and splendid between the pale green of the sky and the shining, colorless water.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • From a distance, the large fogbank loomed over the sea, obscuring the ships navigating nearby.

  • The fishermen sailed cautiously as the fogbank rolled in, reducing visibility to just a few feet.

Synonyms

fog
vsfogbank
156 1.0

A thick cloud of tiny water drops near the ground that makes it hard to see

is a large dense mass often over the sea seen from a distance
mist
vsfogbank
98 1.0

A thin fog near the ground that makes it hard to see

is denser and forms a bigger mass often seen at sea from distance
thick fog
vsfogbank
3 1.3

A heavy cloud near the ground that makes it hard to see far

is larger and typically noted from far away especially by the sea

How Thick

fogbank
1 8.4
fog
156 1.0
mist
98 1.0
haze
37 3.4

Surface Forms

fogbank singular
fogbanks plural

Morphology

fogbank = fog + bank (transparent) = fog + bank

The meaning 'a mass or bank of fog' follows directly from combining 'fog' and the noun 'bank' meaning a piled mass, a straightforward compounding.

Etymology

Fogbank joins fog and bank, and here bank means 'a mass' or 'heap', like in snowbank. So a fogbank is a large, thick mass of fog you can see moving in from the sea.