Cumulus Definition

kyo͝omyə-ləs
cumuli
noun
cumuli
The type of bright, billowy cloud with a dark, flat base, that develops vertically through all cloud levels and consists mostly of water droplets.
Webster's New World
A heap; mass; pile.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Cumulus

Noun

Singular:
cumulus
Plural:
cumuli

Origin of Cumulus

  • Latin heap keuə- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin cumulus.

    From Wiktionary

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