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smog
- /smɒɡ/ UK
- /smɑɡ/ US
- /smɔɡ/ US
Rhymes with -ɒɡ
Where it comes from
Blend of smoke + fog.
noun smogs
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A noxious mixture of particulates and gases that is the result of urban air pollution.
A widow since 1967, she lives now in Honolulu because, she says, she can enjoy the Californialike climate without the smog.
Similar: pea-souper, pea-soup fog
verb smogs · smogging · smogged
- To get a smog check; to check a vehicle or have it checked for emissions. If the car is more than five years old, you'll have to have it smogged before you can register it.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: smogginess, haze, pollution, fog, mist, air, photochemical, smoke, accumulator, smoggy, contribution, smaze, smokescape, firesmoke, smokefall, oilsmoke
Translations
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noun urban air pollution
| Español | esmog, neblumo, niebla contaminante, calina |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 스모그 seumogeu |
| 日本語 | スモッグ sumoggu |
| 中文 | 煙霧 /烟雾 yānwù |
| Português | smog |
| Français | smog |
| Deutsch | Smog |
| Italiano | smog, caligine, fuligine, fubbia |
| Ελληνικά | αιθαλομίχλη aithalomíchli, καπνομίχλη kapnomíchli |
| Română | smog |
| Русский | смог smog |
| العربية | ضُبْخَان ḍubḵān, الضَّبَاب الدُّخَانِيّ aḍ-ḍabāb ad-duḵāniyy |
| עברית | ערפיח |
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