cloud rack

noun

rack4(def 1).

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Origin of cloud rack

First recorded in 1840–50

Words nearby cloud rack

cloud layer, cloud nine, cloud over, cloud peak, cloud physics, cloud rack, cloud seeding, cloud-capped, cloud-cuckoo land, cloud-cuckoo-land, cloudage
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Example sentences from the Web for cloud rack

  • Yes, a gibbous moon, rolling lopsidedly among the cloud-rack over a corrugated-iron sea.

    The Messenger|Elizabeth Robins

  • A cloud-rack tore the void like a Valkyrie's cry made visible.

    The Dragon Painter|Mary McNeil Fenollosa

British Dictionary definitions for cloud rack

cloud rack

noun

a group of moving clouds
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