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Definition of cumulus
cumuli
play \ˈkyü-myə-ˌlī, -ˌlē\1 : heap, accumulation
2 [New Latin, from Latin] : a dense puffy cloud form having a flat base and rounded outlines often piled up like a mountain — see cloud illustration
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Examples of cumulus in a Sentence
the cumulus of sundry things that fill up one's attic and somehow sum up a lifetime of experiences
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An orbit of brushed up brunette framed Solange Knowles’s summer selfie, her curly cumulus surrounding a nearly-naked face that demonstrated the importance of power brows.
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Fair weather waterspouts usually form along a dark, flat base of a line of developing cumulus clouds.
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This will cause relatively warm, 70-degree air at ground level to ascend into towering cumulus clouds.
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Through tonight: Some puffy cumulus clouds are popping up this afternoon ahead of a weak cold front to our north.
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By Sunday, a nasty little lightning bolt has appeared under the cartoon cumulus.
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Through tonight: The few puffy fair-weather cumulus that formed this afternoon should diminish this evening with the loss of daytime heating.
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This heating burns off the flat tops of shallow cumulus clouds for hundreds of miles downwind of pollution sources.
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Origin and Etymology of cumulus
Latin
CUMULUS Defined for English Language Learners
cumulus
playDefinition of cumulus for English Language Learners
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: a type of thick cloud that is rounded on top and has a flat base
CUMULUS Defined for Kids
cumulus
playDefinition of cumulus for Students
cumuli
\-ˌlī, -ˌlē\: a massive cloud form having a flat base and rounded outlines often piled up like a mountain
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