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fogbank

fogbank noun: a bank of fog.

Noun

fogbank (plural fogbanks)

  1. A bank of fog.
    • I realize that I’ve spent most of my life happily sailing into fogbanks of specialized language.2008 April 9, Verlyn Klinkenborg, “Ving, Vang, Vong. Or, the Pleasures of a New Vocabulary.”, in New York Times

Forms of fogbank

pluralfogbanks
alternative formfog bank

Origin of fogbank

From fog + bank.

Questions about fogbank

What does fogbank mean?
Fogbank means a bank of fog.
What part of speech is fogbank?
Fogbank is a noun.
What is the plural of fogbank?
The plural of fogbank is fogbanks.

Words near fogbank in the dictionary

  1. Fogan
  2. Fogarty
  3. Fogartys
  4. fogas
  5. fogash
  6. fogbank
  7. fogbanks
  8. fogbell
  9. fogbells
  10. fogbound
  11. fogbow

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