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fog signals

fog signals is the plural of fog signal.

Meaning of fog signal

Noun

fog signal (plural fog signals)

  1. (UK) A small explosive charge (detonator) which can be placed on a railway line in fog, to be detonated by a train passing over it as a warning signal to the driver.
    • The layman does not realise the dreadful nightmare of running in fog, especially at night, when the safety of everyone depends on the driver hearing the fog signal detonate.1943 November and December, T. Lovatt Williams, “Some Reminiscences of the Footplate—III”, in Railway Magazine, page 344

Questions about fog signals

What is fog signals the plural of?
Fog signals is the plural of fog signal.

Words near fog signals in the dictionary

  1. fog of war
  2. fog oil
  3. fog oils
  4. fog out
  5. fog signal
  6. fog signals
  7. fog tsunami
  8. fog tsunamis
  9. fog up
  10. fog-eater
  11. fog-eaters

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