ice fog

Definition of ice fog

: a fog composed of ice particles

Examples of ice fog in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Cars and buses lurch through the ice fog as people keep to their schedules. — Marc Lester, Anchorage Daily News, "So negative, yet so positive: At nearly 40 below zero, Fairbanks knows how to chill," 11 Jan. 2020 Downtown Wednesday, ice fog limited visibility to a block or so. — Marc Lester, Anchorage Daily News, "So negative, yet so positive: At nearly 40 below zero, Fairbanks knows how to chill," 11 Jan. 2020 Skiers contended with single-digit temperatures and ice fog at mid-mountain during the morning, but things cleared up by the afternoon. — Anchorage Daily News, "Younger skiers outrace older kids in morning slalom races at Alyeska," 19 Jan. 2020 The boy sees a raven flying above the ice fog and points to it. — Anchorage Daily News, "The physics of 40 below," 4 Jan. 2020 Ice crystals can also form lower down, either hugging the ground in ice fogs or slowly drifting to Earth as diamond dust. — Mika Mckinnon, Smithsonian, "How the Antarctic Sun Creates Breathtaking Optical Effects," 5 Feb. 2018 At liquid-nitrogen ice-cream shops, ingredients are whipped together and then frozen with liquid nitrogen, a foggy process that’s reminiscent of dry-ice fog spilling out over the stage at an arena-rock concert. — Robert Philpot, star-telegram, "Liquid-nitrogen ice cream shop Creamistry headed to Fort Worth | Fort Worth Star-Telegram," 9 Jan. 2018

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“Ice fog.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ice%20fog. Accessed 25 Jan. 2021.

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