Cirrus Synonyms

sîrəs
Usually coiled
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. cirrhus
A wispy white cloud (usually of fine ice crystals) at a high altitude (4 to 8 miles)
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. cirrus-cloud
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A high-altitude cloud composed of feathery white patches or bands of ice crystals. Cirrus clouds generally form between 6,100 and 12,200 m (20,000 and 40,000 ft).
Synonyms:
  1. alto-cumulus
  2. alto-stratus
  3. cloudscape
  4. cumulo-nimbus
  5. fibrilla
  6. mammatocumulus
  7. strato-cumulus
  8. threadlet

Words Related to Cirrus

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Cirrus Sentence Examples

  • Sometimes they float above the surface, sometimes they are connected with it by stems or branches, and they show delicate striated detail like cirrus cloud.

  • This earlier photograph was taken following a day in which high cirrus had been seeded by aircraft trails.

  • The mornings briefing was for thickening high level cirrus as the day progressed but a short soaring window before it got here.

  • This reformed cloud moved off to the SE leaving thin altocumulus and cirrus much as before.

  • The weather here is glorious - another floor to ceiling blue sky, with some thin cirrus to color it in.

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