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CIRRUS CLOUD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cirrus cloud mean?
• CIRRUS CLOUD (noun)
The noun CIRRUS CLOUD has 1 sense:
1. a wispy white cloud (usually of fine ice crystals) at a high altitude (4 to 8 miles)
Familiarity information: CIRRUS CLOUD used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A wispy white cloud (usually of fine ice crystals) at a high altitude (4 to 8 miles)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Synonyms:
cirrus; cirrus cloud
Hypernyms ("cirrus cloud" is a kind of...):
cloud (a visible mass of water or ice particles suspended at a considerable altitude)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cirrus cloud"):
mare's tail (a long narrow flowing cirrus cloud)
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