altostratus cloud

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

   Synonymsaltostratus

   Broaderstratus

Questions about altostratus cloud

What does altostratus cloud mean?

altostratus cloud means "a stratus cloud at an intermediate altitude of 2 or 3 miles".

What is another word for altostratus cloud?

Close synonyms include altostratus. 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 altostratus cloud a common word?

altostratus 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.