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Smog

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
smɒɡ

Definitions

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

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Françaissmog
DeutschSmog
25 more languages
Bosanskismogсмог
Catalàboirum
Češtinasmogsmogový
Cymraegmwrllwch
Gaeilgetoitcheo
Galegocalixen
Hrvatskismogсмог
Հայերենսմոգ
Bahasa Indonesiaasbutkabut asap
한국어스모그
Македонскисмог
Nederlandssmog
Portuguêssmog
Русскийсмог
Српскиsmogсмог
Svenskasmög
Tagalogulop
Tiếng Việtkhói 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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