cirrusnoun [ U ]
uk/ˈsɪr.əs/us/ˈsɪr.əs/specializeda type of light, feathery cloud that is seen high in the sky
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Precipitation: clouds, dew, fog & steam
- altocumulus
- billow
- cloudy
- condensation
- cumulonimbus
- dewdrop
- fog
- fog up
- hazy
- miasma
- pea soup
- smog
- steam
- steamy
- storm cloud
- stratocumulus
- thundercloud
- vapour trail
- visibility
- whiteout
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- Cumulus and cirrus clouds are white.
- When cirrus clouds are in the sky, it means the weather is going to change soon.
- The eighth cirrus is by itself, near the base of the largest posterior cirrus.
- There was a wide ring around it, and he remembered noticing the wisps of cirrus clouds gathering overhead through the afternoon.