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cloudfall

cloudfall noun: the flow of a cloud over a mountain ridge or cliff.

cloudfall: the flow of a cloud over a mountain ridge or cliff
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Noun

cloudfall (plural cloudfalls)

  1. The flow of a cloud over a mountain ridge or cliff.
    • Do not fly on a level with the foehnwall, or cap cloud, which lingers somewhere near the altitude of the mountain crest, and then pours in a cloudfall over the edge.1965, Flying Magazine, page 72

Forms of cloudfall

pluralcloudfalls

Origin of cloudfall

From cloud + fall, modelled after waterfall.

Questions about cloudfall

What does cloudfall mean?
Cloudfall means the flow of a cloud over a mountain ridge or cliff.
What part of speech is cloudfall?
Cloudfall is a noun.
What is the plural of cloudfall?
The plural of cloudfall is cloudfalls.

Words near cloudfall in the dictionary

  1. clouders
  2. cloudery
  3. Cloudesley
  4. cloudest
  5. cloudeth
  6. cloudfall
  7. cloudfalls
  8. cloudforest
  9. cloudforests
  10. cloudform
  11. cloudforms

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