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NIMBUS CLOUD
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A dark grey cloud bearing rain
Synonyms:
nimbus; nimbus cloud; rain cloud
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("nimbus cloud" is a kind of...):
cloud (a visible mass of water or ice particles suspended at a considerable altitude)
Meronyms (parts of "nimbus cloud"):
aureole; corona (the outermost region of the sun's atmosphere; visible as a white halo during a solar eclipse)