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cumulonimbus

Syllables: cu·mu·lo·nim·bus/ˌkjuː.mjʊ.ləʊˈnɪm.bəs/US/ˌkju.mjə.loʊˈnɪm.bəs/

cumulonimbus noun: a cloud with a tall structure and flat base, often associated with thunderstorms.

cumulonimbus: a cloud with a tall structure and flat base, often associated with thunderstorms
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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

cumulonimbus meaning in Tamil and Vietnamese

cumulonimbus in Tamil

திரள் கார்முகில்

cumulonimbus in Vietnamese

cloud
mây vũ tích

Synonyms of cumulonimbus

Forms of cumulonimbus

pluralcumulonimbuses
pluralcumulonimbi
alternative formcumulo-nimbus

Origin of cumulonimbus

From Latin cumulus (“heap”) + nimbus (“cloud”).

Words formed from cumulonimbus

Phrases with cumulonimbus

Words that rhyme with cumulonimbus

Questions about cumulonimbus

What does cumulonimbus mean?
Cumulonimbus means a cloud with a tall structure and flat base, often associated with thunderstorms.
What is cumulonimbus in Tamil?
Cumulonimbus in Tamil is திரள் கார்முகில். See Cumulonimbus meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is cumulonimbus?
Cumulonimbus is a noun.
How do you pronounce cumulonimbus?
Cumulonimbus is pronounced /ˌkjuː.mjʊ.ləʊˈnɪm.bəs/ (UK).
What is the plural of cumulonimbus?
The plural of cumulonimbus is cumulonimbuses.

Words near cumulonimbus in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cumulonimbus (page history and authors); cumulonimbus (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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