smog en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /smɑɡ/ (US)
- smäg (US)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /smɒɡ/ (UK)
- /smɔɡ/ (US)
Etymology
Blend of smoke + fog.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) A noxious mixture of particulates and gases that is the result of urban air pollution.
Everyone smoked so if the auditorium was full, the whole room would be filled with smoke in next to no time. It was like the legendary London smog of the 1950s in there sometimes. You took it in turn to “flash the ash” as it was called.
2015, Richard Blackshire, Newtown Naughty Boy, page 145:A widow since 1967, she lives now in Honolulu because, she says, she can enjoy the Californialike climate without the smog.
1973 April 22, Martha Weinman Lear, “Clare Boothe Luce, she who is behind ‘The Women’”, in The New York Times:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| smogs | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
electronic smog · besmog · smogless · electrosmog · antismog · smoggy · vog
Hyponyms
summer smog · black smog · photochemical smog
Synonyms
Translations (50)
it smog (urban air pollution) · it fubbia (urban air pollution) · sh смо̏г (urban air pollution) · sk smog (urban air pollution) · eo fumnebulo (urban air pollution) · fi savusumu (urban air pollution) · es esmog (urban air pollution) · gl calixen (urban air pollution) · ja スモッグ (urban air pollution) · el αιθαλομίχλη (urban air pollution) · bg смог (urban air pollution) · pt smog (urban air pollution) · nl smog (urban air pollution) · fr smog (urban air pollution) · mk смог (urban air pollution) · tl ulop (urban air pollution) · sh smȍg (urban air pollution) · id asap-kabut (urban air pollution) · is þreykur (urban air pollution) · ar الضَّبَاب الدُّخَانِيّ (urban air pollution) · es neblumo (urban air pollution) · hu füstköd (urban air pollution) · fi smogi (urban air pollution) · es calina (urban air pollution) · is reykjarmóða (urban air pollution) · ko 스모그 (urban air pollution) · de Smog (urban air pollution) · uk смог (urban air pollution) · ga toitcheo (urban air pollution) · it fuligine (urban air pollution) · it caligine (urban air pollution) · id asbut (urban air pollution) · ro smog (urban air pollution) · ru смог (urban air pollution) · ml പുകമഞ്ഞ് (urban air pollution) · cmn 煙霧 /烟雾 (urban air pollution) · et sudu (urban air pollution) · he ערפיח (urban air pollution) · pl smog (urban air pollution) · es niebla contaminante (urban air pollution) · cy mwrllwch (urban air pollution) · fa مه دود (urban air pollution) · sv smog (urban air pollution) · ca boirum (urban air pollution) · cs smog (urban air pollution) · hy սմոգ (urban air pollution) · ar ضُبْخَان (urban air pollution) · el καπνομίχλη (urban air pollution) · id kabut asap (urban air pollution) · is mengunarmóða (urban air pollution)