cloudling
cloudling noun: a small or miniature cloud; an immature or formative stage in the development of a cloud.
Noun
cloudling (plural cloudlings)
- A small or miniature cloud; an immature or formative stage in the development of a cloud.
- And yet at first it seemed hard to believe that so innocent a cloudling could be the progenitor of mist dense enough to blot out even a section of the enormous landscape.1894, George Smith, William Makepeace Thackeray, John St. Loe Strachey, The Cornhill magazine
- “I'll give you an example: a cloudling may coalesce one morning and rise to the sky, ready to meander across the horizon for a few hours before joining a bank of other cloudlings.2009, Chloe Aridjis, Book of clouds
- Synonyms:
- cloudlet
Synonyms of cloudling
Forms of cloudling
| plural | cloudlings |
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Origin of cloudling
From cloud + -ling.
Questions about cloudling
- What does cloudling mean?
- Cloudling means a small or miniature cloud; an immature or formative stage in the development of a cloud.
- What part of speech is cloudling?
- Cloudling is a noun.
- What is the plural of cloudling?
- The plural of cloudling is cloudlings.
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