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rain clouds

rain clouds is the plural of rain cloud.

Meaning of rain cloud

Noun

rain cloud (plural rain clouds)

  1. A cloud from which rain is falling or may fall.
    • Between the grey mist of rainclouds the sun suddenly appeared to mottle the wet asphalt of Marble Arch in patches of silver and ebony.1936, F.J. Thwaites, chapter XXII, in The Redemption, Sydney: H. John Edwards, published 1940, page 214
    Synonyms:
    nimbus, nimbostratus

Questions about rain clouds

What is rain clouds the plural of?
Rain clouds is the plural of rain cloud.

Words near rain clouds in the dictionary

  1. rain check
  2. rain checks
  3. rain cheque
  4. rain cheques
  5. rain cloud
  6. rain clouds
  7. rain collar
  8. rain collars
  9. rain crow
  10. rain crows
  11. rain dance

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