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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A bank of fog.

   "I realize that I’ve spent most of my life happily sailing into fogbanks of specialized language."

2. 2
   a large mass of fog on the sea (as seen from a distance) wordnet

Example

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"I realize that I’ve spent most of my life happily sailing into fogbanks of specialized language."

Etymology

From fog + bank.

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