smokefall
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]smokefall (countable and uncountable, plural smokefalls)
- The close of the day before nightfall, when fog comes.
- 1935: T.S. Eliot, Four Quartets, "Burnt Norton" (possible neologism)
- The moment in the draughty church at smokefall
- 1935: T.S. Eliot, Four Quartets, "Burnt Norton" (possible neologism)
- The soot fallout from a cloud of smoke.
- 1985: T.S. Ledley and S.L. Thompson, Potential effect of nuclear war smokefall on sea ice (apparent neologism)
- 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)
- An artificial waterfall of smoke for shows.
Translations
[edit]close of the day before nightfall, when fog comes
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soot fallout from a cloud of smoke
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artificial waterfall of smoke for shows
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