nimbus cloud

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   a dark grey cloud bearing rain

   Synonymsnimbusrain cloud

   Broadercloud

   Partsaureole

Questions about nimbus cloud

What does nimbus cloud mean?

nimbus cloud means "a dark grey cloud bearing rain".

What is another word for nimbus cloud?

Close synonyms include nimbus, rain cloud. 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 nimbus cloud a common word?

nimbus 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.