cloudscape
Americannoun
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a view or scene of clouds.
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a depiction of clouds in a work of art or photograph.
noun
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a picturesque formation of clouds
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a picture or photograph of such a formation
Etymology
Origin of cloudscape
First recorded in 1865–70; cloud ( def. ) + -scape ( def. )
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Choose between a massive headless gummy bear, a balloon-filled phone booth, a cloudscape, L.A.-ready angel wings and other poppy backdrops for a one-of-a-kind photo experience.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2024
The other, a backdrop, is more of a cloudscape of peach and turquoise.
From New York Times ● May 5, 2023
A sulfur-colored cloudscape dominated the sky, onion domes hovering outside the frame.
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 12, 2018
It is based on a painting, by Maria Conway, of Georgiana, the fifth Duchess of Devonshire, flying through a nocturnal cloudscape in the guise of the goddess Diana.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 22, 2018
He reads our earth, cloudscape, landscape, season, foison, man and beast of the field, with the same wistfulness which women who have known sorrow exhibit for children who have not.
From In a Green Shade A Country Commentary by Maurice Henry Hewlett
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