Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cloud bank

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.38 in modern English

Syllables: cloud bank
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A wall of clouds, rising above horizon or observed from a distance, but not overhead.

Example Sentences

"The hills were slate under the stacks of black cloudbank."
""Then he wrote: “Sunset threatening, with a low bank of clouds to N. and E. Sky clear overhead.”""

Inflected Forms

cloud banks (plural) cloudbank (alternative)

Questions

What does cloud bank mean?: A wall of clouds, rising above horizon or observed from a distance, but not overhead.

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