cloudlet

[ kloud-lit ]

/ ˈklaʊd lɪt /

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noun

a small cloud.

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Origin of cloudlet

First recorded in 1780–90; cloud + -let

Words nearby cloudlet

cloud forest, cloud grass, cloudland, cloud layer, cloudless, cloudlet, cloud nine, cloud over, Cloud Peak, cloud physics, cloud rack

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How to use cloudlet in a sentence

An unbroken blue flooding the whole sky; a single cloudlet upon it, half floating, half fading away.
Dream Tales and Prose Poems|Ivan Turgenev
Far down the line shone a cloudlet of white smoke and the gleam of brass through the dust.
Tommy Wideawake|H. H. Bashford
Not a leaf the less on the ground, not a cloudlet in the sky.
The Bird|Jules Michelet
She spoke, once more smiling, through the little cloudlet of steam.
The Tower of Oblivion|Oliver Onions

Claws became interlocked, and they fell each with distended crest, like a gilt-edged cloudlet following the setting sun.
Tropic Days|E. J. Banfield

British Dictionary definitions for cloudlet

cloudlet

/ (ˈklaʊdlɪt) /

noun

a small cloud

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