Is that dark cloud cumulus?
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Cumulus
/ˈkjuː.mjə.ləs/
Synonyms for "cumulus" (66 found)
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Closest matches (14)
accumulationalto-cumulusalto-stratusanvil cloudbanner cloudbillowy cloudcap cloudcirro-cumuluscirro-fillumcirro-nebulacirro-stratuscirro-velum
Noun(2 words)
agglomeratecell cluster
Strong matches (19)
cirruscirrus cloudcirrus hazecirrus stripecloudcloud bandcloud bankcloud driftcloud masscloud streetcloudcuckoolandcloudlandcloudlingcloudscapecocktailcottony cloudcumulo-cirro-stratus
Noun(2 words)
Related words (33)
cumulo-cirruscumulo-nimbuscumulo-stratuscumulus cloudcurl cloudfleecy cloudfractocumulushigh fogmackerel skymammatocumulusmushroom cloudnimbusnimbus cloudrain cloudscudsnail cloudsquall cloudstorm cloudstorm cloudsstrato-cumulus
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Adjective(1 words)
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4 entriescumulus cellscumulus congestuscumulus humiliscumulus oophorus
Collocations
6 entriescumulus cellscumulus cloudcumulus congestuscumulus humiliscumulus nimbuscumulus oophorus
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In the sketch (which is taken about 75 Jovian days after that of the 2nd July) there is shown a dark copper-coloured streak along the southern margin of the south brown belt, butting on to a bluff-headed streak of cumulus cloud which may be the same remarkable bluff head noticed on July 2.
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There were some new cumuli in the east, out above the water, and they began to take the late afternoon sun.
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2007 September 1, "Who’s afraid of Google?: The world’s internet superpower faces testing times", in The Economist, The Economist Newspaper Ltd, ISSN 0013-0613, volume 384, number 8544, page 9, Ironically, there is something rather cloudlike about the multiple complaints surrounding Google. The issues are best parted into two cumuli: a set of “public” arguments about how to regulate Google; and a set of “private” ones for Google’s managers, to do with the strategy the firm needs to get through the coming storm.
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