cumulus
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- noun
- /ˈkjuːmjələs/
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cumulus
- A few tiny cumulus clouds appear to the west.
- cumulus clouds
Examples
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On the way here, I saw some cumulus clouds.
Fiction book (1994) -
All those cloud shapes at the beginning, those were cumulus clouds.
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Look at these cumulus clouds.
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Maybe there is a bit of gray out there, and the cumulus clouds are starting to look a little bit black.
Academic text (2001) -
In the summertime, you get tall cumulus clouds with heavy rain out the bottom.
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Large cumulus clouds dotted the horizon, particularly over the peaks of the neighboring islands.
Fiction book (1991) -
The sky thinned out blue above me, wrinkling into cumulus banks in the rearview mirror behind me, near the coast.
Fiction book (1991) -
September skies are unusually blue with soaring cumulus clouds, so bring your polarizer.
Academic text (1996) -
There was a solid undercast a few thousand feet below, and here and there, tall, towering cumulus clouds stretched up to FL500.
Fiction book (2000) -
On a sunny day, fluffy cumulus clouds drift lazily across the sky.
Synonyms
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A group of tiny water drops or ice high in the sky
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A large white fluffy cloud with a rounded top and flat base often seen in fair weather
Compounds
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A large white fluffy cloud with a rounded top and flat base often seen in fair weather
How Fluffy
Surface Forms
Etymology
Cumulus comes from the Latin word cumulus meaning 'heap' or 'pile'. So a cumulus cloud is named because it looks like a white, fluffy pile in the sky.