fog bank

American  

noun

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

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fog bank British  

noun

1. a distinct mass of fog, esp at sea

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Etymology

Origin of fog bank

First recorded in 1650–60

Example Sentences

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fog bank

But this isn’t a legally enforceable standard—it’s a verbal fog bank.

From Slate ● Dec. 6, 2023

WINTHROP, Okanogan County — On the worst days, and there have been many, one can see nothing but white — a hot, suffocating fog bank that smells of burning wood and blots out the sun.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 7, 2021

It's like trying to land a plane when your radar is broken and there's a fog bank ahead.

From Salon ● Mar. 28, 2020

“The last thing you want to do is flying in at a high rate of speed, and then you fly into a fog bank or cloud,” Reyes said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 27, 2020

What is meant to sound like an antislavery argument transforms itself in midpassage into a verbal fog bank that descends over the entire subject like a cloud.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis