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cumulonimbi

cumulonimbi is the plural of cumulonimbus.

Meaning of cumulonimbus

Noun

cumulonimbus (plural cumulonimbuses or cumulonimbi)

  1. A cloud with a tall structure and flat base, often associated with thunderstorms.
    • The one to the east (which at the moment seemed to be leaping straight out of the heart of a sinister slaty-purple patch of cumulonimbus) drained the Lake of the Hanging Glaciers; that to the west a desolate rock and ice-walled valley which was rimmed by some of the highest summits in the Selkirks.1921, Lewis R. Freeman, chapter III, in Down the Columbia
    Synonyms:
    nimbocumulus

Questions about cumulonimbi

What is cumulonimbi the plural of?
Cumulonimbi is the plural of cumulonimbus.

Words near cumulonimbi in the dictionary

  1. cumuliform
  2. cumulo-nimbi
  3. cumulo-nimbus
  4. cumulocirrus
  5. cumulogranite
  6. cumulonimbi
  7. cumulonimbiform
  8. cumulonimbus
  9. cumulonimbus calvus
  10. cumulonimbus capillatus
  11. cumulonimbus flammagenitus

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