CLOUD COVER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cloud cover mean? 

• CLOUD COVER (noun)
  The noun CLOUD COVER has 1 sense:

1. the state of the sky when it is covered by clouds

  Familiarity information: CLOUD COVER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CLOUD COVER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The state of the sky when it is covered by clouds

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

cloud cover; cloudiness; overcast

Hypernyms ("cloud cover" is a kind of...):

bad weather; inclemency; inclementness (weather unsuitable for outdoor activities)

 Context examples 

During these flybys, Juno will probe beneath the obscuring cloud cover of Jupiter and study its auroras to learn more about the planet's origins, structure, atmosphere and magnetosphere.

(Juno Spacecraft Sends First In-orbit View, NASA)

During these flybys, Juno is probing beneath the obscuring cloud cover of Jupiter and studying its auroras to learn more about the planet's origins, structure, atmosphere and magnetosphere.

(NASA Juno data indicate another possible volcano on Jupiter moon Io, NASA)