frost smoke

American  

noun

Meteorology.

1. an ice fog caused by extremely cold air flowing over a body of comparatively warm water, especially in polar regions.

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Etymology

Origin of frost smoke

First recorded in 1740–50

Example Sentences

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frost smoke

Sometimes open leads of water in all directions were wreathed with wisps of frost smoke as the water began to freeze, and Shackleton commented that the effect resembled the smoke from a prairie fire.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong

Then the frost smoke rose like mist, and the white glare shone as a sea.

From Heralds of Empire Being the Story of One Ramsay Stanhope, Lieutenant to Pierre Radisson in the Northern Fur Trade by Laut, Agnes C. (Agnes Christina)

Inquire the season of the year; and he knows by the slant sunlight coming up through the frost smoke of the southern horizon.

From The Story of the Trapper by Laut, A. C.

This was probably due to the continual interference of frost smoke; since our return here and especially yesterday and to-day the sky and sea have been glorious in the afternoon.

From Scott's Last Expedition Volume I by Scott, Robert Falcon

The whole Strait was now open water to the N. of Cape Armitage, with the frost smoke rising everywhere from it, and full of pieces of floating ice, all going up N. to Ross Sea.

From Scott's Last Expedition Volume I by Scott, Robert Falcon