thick fog
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- noun
- /θɪk fɔg/
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- A thick fog had settled in, and all over the ground, delicate flowers the color of the moon bloomed.
- disappears into the thick fog
- thick fog covers
- thick fog hangs
Examples
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The Pribilof Islands are notoriously known for poor weather conditions, especially a thick fog that envelopes the islands.
Academic text (2004) -
As they struggle back towards Cadiz, a thick fog descends on the sea.
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There was a thick fog at the time, although the weather was otherwise bright that spring evening.
Fiction book (1998) -
We have a really thick fog right now, and I love it!
Blog text (5) -
The train was a long one, the shape of its cars barely visible in the thick fog.
Fiction book (1999) -
Isle was lost in the thick fog that had started rolling in.
Fiction book (1990) -
The horizon dissolved in the thick fog coming closer and closer.
Fiction book (1998) -
Amanda steps off and Grant carefully pushes forward, disappearing into the thick fog.
Fiction book (2001) -
The dragonhead prow of an ancient Viking ship cuts through the thick fog of the rough North Atlantic Sea.
Fiction book (1994) -
On our way to Block Island, we were surrounded by thick fog with visibility at times less than 200 feet.
Synonyms
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A thick cloud of tiny water drops near the ground that makes it hard to see
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A thick mist of tiny ice crystals that makes it hard to see in very cold weather
A large thick area of fog over the sea
A lot of fog in the air that makes it hard to see
Antonyms
How Dense
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a dense and heavy fog' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'thick' (substantial density) with 'fog' (a low-level cloud of water droplets). This simple adjectival modification follows a standard adjective + noun composition found across languages and involves no idiomatic or metaphorical shift, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily understand it.
Etymology
Thick fog comes from a clear picture: very heavy mist that sits close to the ground. Here, thick means packed together and fog is that low cloud, so the phrase describes a 'dense and heavy fog' that makes it hard to see.