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Meaning of Smog | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
smɒɡ

Definitions

A noxious mixture of particulates and gases that is the result of urban air pollution.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Bosanski smog смог
Català boirum
Čeština smog smogový
Cymraeg mwrllwch
Deutsch Smog
Suomi savusumu
Français smog
Gaeilge toitcheo
Galego calixen
Hrvatski smog смог
Հայերեն սմոգ
Bahasa Indonesia asbut kabut asap
Italiano caligine fubbia fuligine smog
日本語 スモッグ 煙霧
한국어 스모그
Македонски смог
Nederlands smog
Polski smog smogowy
Português smog
Русский смог
Српски smog смог
Svenska smög
Tagalog ulop
Tiếng Việt khói bụi

Examples

“A widow since 1967, she lives now in Honolulu because, she says, she can enjoy the Californialike climate without the smog.”
“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.”

CEFR level

C2
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