fog bank

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noun

a stratum of fog as seen from a distance.

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Origin of fog bank

First recorded in 1650–60

Words nearby fog bank

foetology, foetor, foetus, fog, Fogarty, fog bank, fogbound, fogbow, fogdog, fog drip, fogey

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How to use fog bank in a sentence

The truth is a blood-red fog bank rolled over all of us in Iraq and Afghanistan and never lifted.
Send in the Marines—and the Anthropologists too?|John Kael Weston|August 23, 2013|DAILY BEAST
One year we were enveloped in a thick fog bank as we approached Menemsha Harbor.
My Friend Justin Feldman|Martin London|September 28, 2011|DAILY BEAST
The huge sail thrust its yard high above the fog bank, and watchers on the river side saw it.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy
The East is a muddy sea with no bottom, and it swallows a man like a fog bank swallows a ship.
The Belted Seas|Arthur Colton

We were standing on the edge of the wharf, shut out from the world by a fog bank that left us to all intents alone.
The Pirate of Panama|William MacLeod Raine
The grey, heavy heave of the water; the great hull of the steamer backing into the bay; the gloom of the fog bank.
The Blind Spot|Austin Hall
He pushed up through a fog bank at three thousand feet and reached blue skies.
Tam O' The Scoots|Edgar Wallace

British Dictionary definitions for fog bank

fog bank

noun

a distinct mass of fog, esp at sea

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