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fogbank

fogbank

8.4
A large thick area of fog over the sea
  • noun
  • /ˈfɔɡˌbæŋk/
translation icon : 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
155 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
115 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
2 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
8.4
fog
155 1.0
mist
115 1.0
haze
41 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.