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noun
a covering of clouds over all or part of the sky.
the fraction of sky covered by clouds.
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Also called cloudage.
Compare sky cover.
Origin of cloud cover
First recorded in 1940â45
Words nearby cloud cover
cloudburst, cloud cap, cloud-capped, cloud chamber, cloud computing, cloud cover, cloud-cuckoo-land, cloud ear, clouded, clouded leopard, clouded yellow
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