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Word entry · 5 letters

cloud

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"Data storage metaphor"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /ˈklaʊ̯d/Part of speech verb, nounSorted cdlouStarts with CEnds with D5 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. make milky or dull

Word origin

From Middle English cloud, from Old English clūd (“mass of stone, rock, boulder, hill”), from Proto-West Germanic *klūt, from Proto-Germanic *klūtaz, *klutaz (“lump, mass, conglomeration”), from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“to ball up, clench”).

Used in a sentence

  • While he thus ſpake, there came a cloud, and ouerſhadowed them, ⁊ they feared, as they entred into the cloude.
  • He opened the door and was greeted by a cloud of bats.
  • so great a cloud of witnesses

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Used as a crossword answer5 curated clues

01Data storage metaphor5 letters
02Fluffy sky shape5 letters
03Rain holder overhead5 letters
04Weather shape above5 letters
05Sky puff5 letters

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