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noun 
  1. The close of the day before nightfall, when fog comes.
    • 1935: T.S. Eliot, Four Quartets, "Burnt Norton" (italbrac, possible neologism)
    • : The moment in the draughty church at
      1. 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 (italbrac, apparent neologism)
    • : The largest sea ice perturbations are generated by in spring.
      1. An artificial waterfall of smoke for shows; a smoke fall.
Translations: (trans-top, close of the day before nightfall, when fog comes)
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(trans-bottom) (trans-top, soot fallout from a cloud of smoke)
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(trans-bottom) (trans-top, artificial waterfall of smoke for shows)
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(trans-bottom) Etymology: smoke + fall

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