Cumulus Definition

kyo͝omyə-ləs
cumuli
noun
cumuli
The type of bright, billowy cloud with a dark, flat base, that develops vertically through all cloud levels and consists mostly of water droplets.
Webster's New World
A heap; mass; pile.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Cumulus

Noun

Singular:
cumulus
Plural:
cumuli

Origin of Cumulus

  • Latin heap keuə- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin cumulus.

    From Wiktionary

Cumulus Sentence Examples

  • Over the hills towering cumulus started to shoot up in rows.

  • But there were well-developed cumulus cloud to be seen associated with troughs in Liverpool Bay (sferics seen later) and over Snowdonia.

  • Intense devils may eventually be topped by a small cumulus.

  • Strong daytime sea breezes produce fair weather cumulus clouds on the immediate coastline.

  • Some passing fair-weather cumulus over Anglesey gave way to almost clear skies during the afternoon.

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Words Starting With

CCUCUM

Words Ending With

SUSLUS

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cumulus

Words Starting With C and Ending With S

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7 Letter Words7 Letter Words Starting With C7 Letter Words Ending With S