cumulus

«cumulus» in Mova's school dictionary: a type of white, puffy cloud with a flat bottom and a… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (cumulus, uncountable; cumulus clouds; plural cumuli, rare)

meaning for a pupil

1) Cumulus is a type of white, puffy cloud with a flat bottom and a rounded top, like cotton wool. tree →

2) Cumulus clouds usually mean fine weather, but very tall ones can grow into storm clouds (cumulonimbus). tree →

sense in the lessons

In science and geography lessons on weather, cumulus clouds form when warm air rises; they are the clouds children draw. The name comes from Latin "heap". Compare with stratus (flat layers) and cirrus (high, wispy). Phrases: cumulus clouds, fair-weather cumulus, cumulonimbus.

examples

• Fluffy cumulus clouds floated across the blue sky. tree →
• Cumulus clouds look like cotton wool. tree →
• A cumulus cloud has a flat bottom and a puffy top. tree →
• Big cumulonimbus clouds can bring thunderstorms. tree →
• We drew cumulus, stratus and cirrus clouds in science. tree →
• The cumulus clouds meant it would stay sunny. tree →

note

Pronounced "KYOO-myoo-lus". Usually uncountable or "cumulus clouds". Related word: cumulative (adding up step by step), from the same Latin root meaning heap.

In the corpora

• Cumulus clouds are white and puffy and usually mean fair weather.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «cumulus» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.