cloud
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- pronunciation:
- klaUd
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word History, Word Builder
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition: |
a white or gray mass of small drops of water high in the sky above the earth.
The dark clouds told us a storm was coming.
- similar words:
- fog, mist, smoke, steam, vapor
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| related words: |
fume |
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| derivations: |
cloudless (adj.), cloudlike (adj.) |
Cloud is from
clud, an Old English word that means "rock or hill," and from
clouden which means "to dim or darken."
Word Builder: cloud +
- cloudy:
having many clouds.