altocumulus cloud

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   a cumulus cloud at an intermediate altitude of 2 or 3 miles

   Synonymsaltocumulus

   Broadercumulus

Questions about altocumulus cloud

What does altocumulus cloud mean?

altocumulus cloud means "a cumulus cloud at an intermediate altitude of 2 or 3 miles".

What is another word for altocumulus cloud?

Close synonyms include altocumulus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is altocumulus cloud a common word?

altocumulus cloud is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.