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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
Sense 1
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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