ice fog
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7.3
- noun
- /aɪs fɔg/
- UK
:
neblina helada
- Snow lies upon all Philadelphia, from River to River, whose further shores have so vanished behind curtains of ice fog that the City today might be an Isle upon an Ocean.
- a dense ice fog
Examples
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They have a condition where ice fog forms during their dark winter, and the temperature becomes dreadfully cold.
Blog text (31) -
A white-out is a deceptive phenomenon that occurs under an overcast sky or within a dense ice fog.
Fiction book (1996) -
After an interminable time, her figure appeared through the snow and ice fog as I descended.
Fiction book (1996) -
When it gets cold, the haze drops down to ground level and we have ice fog.
Academic text (2007) -
At the 4400-meter mark, we descended into a dense ice fog that couldn't be dispersed by the wind.
Fiction book (1996) -
When it gets cold, the haze drops down to ground level and we have ice fog.
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The day was still and cloudless, but a dense ice fog blocked my vision, even across this narrow valley.
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At the 4400-meter mark, we descended into a dense ice fog that couldn't be dispersed by the wind.
Synonyms
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9.9
A thick icy fog that forms in very cold valleys and coats trees and fences
A thin fog made of tiny pieces of ice in very cold air
A thin cloud of tiny ice crystals in the air that reduces visibility
How Dense
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase denotes a type of fog made of ice rather than liquid droplets, which a B1 learner can infer directly from combining 'ice' and 'fog'. This noun–noun composition follows a transparent, cross-linguistically common compounding pattern, so the specific meteorological nuance is predictable from the constituents.
Etymology
Ice fog comes from the simple image of ice and fog together: in very cold weather the air fills with 'tiny bits of ice' that float close to the ground and look like fog. So, ice fog means 'a dense winter fog of ice particles'.