rain cloud

noun

1. a cloud or a mass of clouds that yields rain.

Word History and Origins

Origin of rain cloud¹

First recorded in 1830–40

Example Sentences

Like rain clouds, radiation clouds are driven by the weather.

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She stood there for most of the night, and eventually a few rain clouds drifted over.

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In many productions, Hamlet stalks the stage in a fog of misery, as if trailing a rain cloud above his head like a balloon on a string.

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It allowed long-lasting areas of high pressure to sit over the UK keeping rain clouds away and helping heat to build.

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As the night wears on, rain clouds move in.

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