Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A fog produced by wind blowing over fields of ice.

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Examples

  • < P class = MsoNormal style = "MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0. 5in; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify" > The road is still black as pitch beneath swirls of ice-fog.

    Formation 2009

  • An ice-fog lay thick above fields where only last autumn corn had grown high beneath camouflage nets; I couldn't see Carlos, but from the mist I could hear the popcorn sound of guns in full-auto mode, interspersed with the more distant noise of enemy fire.

    Asimov's Science Fiction 2004

  • There is some ice-fog in this valley, a thin haze in the air above the creek, and that is always a sign of cold and stagnant air.

    The Greatest Survival Stories Ever Told Underwood, Lamar 2001

  • Anna stood in the ice-fog trying to remember what it was she was doing, where she'd been going when she'd exited the tent so precipitously.

    Firestorm Barr, Nevada 1996

  • It might be natural ice-fog, or it might be more hot venting.

    Phaze Doubt Anthony, Piers 1990

  • It might be natural ice-fog, or it might be more hot venting.

    Phaze Doubt Anthony, Piers 1990

  • Steam and hydrogen flame were torn away in white ice-fog; the flaming heat under the ice there was yanked away toward the Antarctic Ocean before it touched us.

    Science Fiction Hall of Fame Various, 1973

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