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cloud suck

cloud suck noun: an atmospheric phenomenon which produces extreme lift in a thermal updraft from underneath a cumulus cloud, which may suck the aviator and aircraft high into the clouds.

Noun

cloud suck (plural cloud sucks)

  1. An atmospheric phenomenon which produces extreme lift in a thermal updraft from underneath a cumulus cloud, which may suck the aviator and aircraft high into the clouds.

Forms of cloud suck

pluralcloud sucks

Questions about cloud suck

What does cloud suck mean?
Cloud suck means an atmospheric phenomenon which produces extreme lift in a thermal updraft from underneath a cumulus cloud, which may suck the aviator and aircraft high into the clouds.
What part of speech is cloud suck?
Cloud suck is a noun.
What is the plural of cloud suck?
The plural of cloud suck is cloud sucks.

Words near cloud suck in the dictionary

  1. cloud species
  2. cloud storage
  3. cloud storages
  4. cloud street
  5. cloud streets
  6. cloud suck
  7. cloud up
  8. cloud-built
  9. cloud-burst
  10. cloud-bursts
  11. cloud-capt

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