cloudscape
Americannoun
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a view or scene of clouds.
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a depiction of clouds in a work of art or photograph.
noun
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a picturesque formation of clouds
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a picture or photograph of such a formation
Etymology
Origin of cloudscape
First recorded in 1865–70; cloud ( def. ) + -scape ( def. )
Example Sentences
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Choose between a massive headless gummy bear, a balloon-filled phone booth, a cloudscape, L.A.-ready angel wings and other poppy backdrops for a one-of-a-kind photo experience.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 4, 2024
A sulfur-colored cloudscape dominated the sky, onion domes hovering outside the frame.
From The New Yorker • Jul. 12, 2018
Pretor-Pinney wanted to clear a little more space in our collective cloudscape for less distinct feelings of delight and wonder.
From New York Times • May 4, 2016
The cloudscape and the brown choppy sweep of the Thames were a welcome contrast to our morning's industrial cramp.
From The Guardian • Jul. 30, 2012
And on the morrow he rode over, blind for once to the changes of nature, of landscape and cloudscape that surrounded him.
From Ovington's Bank by Weyman, Stanley J.
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