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wind-cloud

wind-cloud noun: a cloud that is associated with wind, or is believed to presage windy weather.

Noun

wind-cloud (plural wind-clouds)

  1. A cloud that is associated with wind, or is believed to presage windy weather.
    • "Last night, at sunset, there were plenty of the most respectable wind-clouds, but now there isn't a capful."1886, Peter Christen Asbjø￵rnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 182

Forms of wind-cloud

pluralwind-clouds

Questions about wind-cloud

What does wind-cloud mean?
Wind-cloud means a cloud that is associated with wind, or is believed to presage windy weather.
What part of speech is wind-cloud?
Wind-cloud is a noun.
What is the plural of wind-cloud?
The plural of wind-cloud is wind-clouds.

Words near wind-cloud in the dictionary

  1. wind-breaking
  2. wind-breaks
  3. wind-broke
  4. wind-broken
  5. wind-chill
  6. wind-cloud
  7. wind-clouds
  8. wind-dried
  9. wind-dries
  10. wind-driven
  11. wind-dry

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