Definition of "fog bank" [fog bank]

• A dense mass of fog defined against clearer surrounding air, often as viewed from a distance at sea. (noun)

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• "The tide was high and the sky to the east, above a fog bank at the mouth of Didion Bay, glowed a muddy crimson."
• "But just after the amphibian had flown past Boston Harbor, Tom pointed out a mountainous fog bank lying ahead."
• "The fog bank bubbled thick as it moved, tendrils reached out and then were reabsorbed like the false feet of some crawling creature."