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banner cloud

noun

Meteorology.

  1. a plume-shaped cloud extending downwind from an isolated mountain peak.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of banner cloud1

First recorded in 1905–10
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Example Sentences

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There was a very beautiful curved 'banner' cloud south of Erebus this morning, perhaps a warning of what is to come.

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