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cloudlet

American  
[kloud-lit] / ˈklaʊd lɪt /

noun

  1. a small cloud.


cloudlet British  
/ ˈklaʊdlɪt /

noun

  1. a small cloud

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of cloudlet

First recorded in 1780–90; cloud + -let

Example Sentences

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The water was as blue as the sky and reflected every little cloudlet perfectly.

From The Enchanted Island by Apjohn, Fannie Louise

O'er fell and fountain sheen, O'er moor and mountain green, O'er the red streamer that heralds the day; Over the cloudlet dim, Over the rainbow's rim, Musical cherub, soar, singing, away!

From The Art of Public Speaking by Carnagey, Dale

Clear is the sky: no cloudlet mars The splendour of the shining stars.

From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Griffith, Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin)

Farwell looked towards the ceiling through a cloudlet of smoke.

From A Bed of Roses by George, Walter Lionel

And on this brilliant October Saturday Assistant Scoutmaster Toiney Leduc, perceiving that the coming parting was casting a faint shadow before, exerted himself to banish that cloudlet as the troop started on its hike.

From A Scout of To-day by Hornibrook, Isabel