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STRATUS (strati)

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does stratus mean? 

STRATUS (noun)
  The noun STRATUS has 1 sense:

1. a large dark low cloudplay

  Familiarity information: STRATUS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


STRATUS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A large dark low cloud

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

stratus; stratus cloud

Hypernyms ("stratus" 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 "stratus"):

altostratus; altostratus cloud (a stratus cloud at an intermediate altitude of 2 or 3 miles)


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