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RAIN CLOUD

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Dictionary entry overview: What does rain cloud mean?

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

1. a dark grey cloud bearing rain

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

Dictionary entry details

• RAIN CLOUD (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A dark grey cloud bearing rain

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

nimbus; nimbus cloud; rain cloud

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

cloud (a visible mass of water or ice particles suspended at a considerable altitude)

Meronyms (parts of "rain cloud"):

aureole; corona (the outermost region of the sun's atmosphere; visible as a white halo during a solar eclipse)

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