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Collocations for fog - noun

ADJECTIVE

dense, heavy, thick
freezing (BrE)
patchy
Drizzle and patchy fog are forecast.
swirling
morning

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… OF FOG

bank, blanket, layer, patch
The town was shrouded in a thick blanket of fog.

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VERB + fog

be covered with, be shrouded in

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fog + VERB

cover sth, envelop sth, lie, shroud sth, surround sth
A freezing fog lay over the valley.
close in, come down (esp. BrE), descend, roll in
A dense fog came down in the afternoon.
A heavy fog rolled in from the coast.
thicken
clear, disperse, lift
The fog had lifted by late morning.
drift, swirl
fog drifting over the water
obscure sth
A bank of fog obscured the farmhouse.

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fog + NOUN

patches (esp. BrE)
bank (esp. AmE)
lamp (BrE), light (= on cars)
horn (usually foghorn)

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PREPOSITION

in (a/the) fog, into (a/the) fog
We got lost in the fog.
through (a/the) fog
We drove slowly through the fog.

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