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cloudline

cloudline noun: the line formed by the surface of clouds.

Noun

cloudline (plural cloudlines)

  1. The line formed by the surface of clouds.
    • The focus on specific types of outcomes that qualify as genocide is analogous to studying the peaks of mountains from above a cloudline that only particularly tall mountains penetrate[…]2010, Donald Bloxham, A. Dirk Moses, The Oxford Handbook of Genocide Studies

Forms of cloudline

pluralcloudlines

Origin of cloudline

From cloud + line.

Questions about cloudline

What does cloudline mean?
Cloudline means the line formed by the surface of clouds.
What part of speech is cloudline?
Cloudline is a noun.
What is the plural of cloudline?
The plural of cloudline is cloudlines.

Words near cloudline in the dictionary

  1. cloudlessly
  2. cloudlessness
  3. cloudlet
  4. cloudlets
  5. cloudlike
  6. cloudline
  7. cloudlines
  8. cloudling
  9. cloudlings
  10. cloudly
  11. cloudogram

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