Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

smog

/smɑɡ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.05 in modern English

Syllables: smog
IPA: /smɑɡ/

7

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Countable; Uncountable

verb

To get a smog check; to check a vehicle or have it checked for emissions.

Informal

Example Sentences

"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."
"If the car is more than five years old, you'll have to have it smogged before you can register it."

Etymology

Blend of smoke + fog.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /smɑɡ/
British English: /smɒɡ/

Usage

Inflected Forms

smogs (plural) smogs (present, singular) smogging (participle, present) smogged (participle, past) smogged (past)

Derived Forms

antismog besmog electrosmog smoggy smogless vog

Phrases

electronic smog dry fog dry haze

Frequently Paired Words

smaze dry fog dry haze haze

Synonyms

pea-souper pea-soup fog smogginess

Rhymes With

fog frog og prague hog bog jog hogg clog slog rog flog

Questions

How do you pronounce smog?: The recorded pronunciation is /smɑɡ/.
What does smog mean?: A noxious mixture of particulates and gases that is the result of urban air pollution.
Where does smog come from?: Blend of smoke + fog.

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