RAIN CLOUD

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A dark grey cloud bearing rain

Synonyms:

nimbus; nimbus cloud; rain cloud

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

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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