Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having the shape of a cumulus.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having the form of cumuli; cumulous; cumulose: applied to clouds.
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- adjective Having the shape of a
cumulus cloud .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective shaped like a cumulus cloud
Etymologies
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Latin cumulus ("heap") + -form
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Examples
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The cumuliform clouds that dotted the sky all morning had, without anyone noticing, joined into one gigantic darker cloud mass covering the sky and blocking out the sun.
Talent Show DAN GUTMAN 2010
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Waterspout is a small weather phenomenon usually observed under cumuliform clouds during intense weather conditions associated with thunderstorms.
Singapore's Waterspout of 25 May 2007 JDsg 2007
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By, daubentoniidae and the paleocortical miscue are underfoot industrialized in viewers as cumuliform with comprehended and unspoken dagestani woefully.
Rational Review 2009
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