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

Because more rain clouds form over warmer seawater, El Niño tends to dump heavy rains on South and Central America.

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Prior to the PETM, H2O that evaporated near Earth’s midsection formed rain clouds that dropped water both in the tropics and at polar latitudes.

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Magnificent, she said, easing her shoulder of the strap of her knapsack while her eyes followed the driving rain cloud.

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Her eyes, the soft gray of a summer rain cloud—no one would have guessed them sightless.

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Nearer and nearer the roar of the rain cloud approached, though as yet not a drop had fallen over us.

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In the distance they took on all the misty shades of grey and blue, or stood purple, steeped in shadows, under a rain cloud.

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When you see people having a picnic, push the rain cloud away from them instead of over them.

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