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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 


CIRRUS CLOUD (noun)


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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 cloud; cirrus

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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