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
Transporting the rolls for the cloudscape carpet that marks the entrance to the exhibit required a motor to drag the 900-pound bundles.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 3, 2019
A sulfur-colored cloudscape dominated the sky, onion domes hovering outside the frame.
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 12, 2018
The day wore away, the sun set in a cloudscape of indescribable glory, the short twilight succeeded, then the stars peeped out through the blue rifts in the sky.
From Harry Milvaine The Wanderings of a Wayward Boy by Gordon Stables
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