Meanings
nounfogbank (plural fogbanks)
plural fogbanks · alternative fog bank
- A bank of fog.
But Sticky and Kate were not the best puzzle-solvers, and Reynie was lost in his mental fogbank.
2007, Trenton Lee Stewart, The Mysterious Benedict Society, page 4131 more example
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
Origin
Translations
Danish tågebanke
- tågebankebank of fog
Hungarian ködpárna, ködréteg
- ködpárnabank of fog
- ködrétegbank of fog
- ködfelhőbank of fog
Icelandic þokubakki
- þokubakkibank of fog
Norwegian Bokmål tåkebanke
- tåkebankebank of fog
Swedish dimbank
- dimbankbank of fog
Cite this entry
APA
fogbank. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fogbank
MLA
“fogbank.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fogbank. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fogbank,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fogbank.
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