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smokefall en · NOUN

Etymology

From smoke + fall.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The close of the day before nightfall, when fog comes.
   • The moment in the draughty church at smokefall 1935: T.S. Eliot, Four Quartets, "Burnt Norton" (possible neologism)
2. (countable, uncountable) The soot fallout from a cloud of smoke.
   • The largest sea ice perturbations are generated by smokefall in spring. 1985: T.S. Ledley and S.L. Thompson, Potential effect of nuclear war smokefall on sea ice (apparent neologism)
3. (countable, uncountable) An artificial waterfall of smoke for shows.

Forms

Relateds

crepuscule · sunset · twilight · evenfall · fogfall · nightfall · soot fallout · dusk · gloaming

Translations (15)

fr cascade de vapeur (artificial waterfall of smoke for shows) · fr retombée de suies (soot fallout from a cloud of smoke) · fr retombées de suies (soot fallout from a cloud of smoke) · fr retombée de suie (soot fallout from a cloud of smoke) · fr cascade de vapeur d'azote (artificial waterfall of smoke for shows) · fr retombées de suie (soot fallout from a cloud of smoke) · ar عَرْضُ دُخَان (artificial waterfall of smoke for shows) · nl schemermist (close of the day before nightfall, when fog comes) · ar غُرُوب (close of the day before nightfall, when fog comes) · nl avondmist (close of the day before nightfall, when fog comes) · fr tombée de la brume (close of the day before nightfall, when fog comes) · ar عَشِيّ (close of the day before nightfall, when fog comes) · ar عَرْضُ شَلَّال (artificial waterfall of smoke for shows) · ar سُخَام (soot fallout from a cloud of smoke) · nl rookwaterval (artificial waterfall of smoke for shows)