cloud

Words that start with 'cloud' — often related to cloud or use 'cloud' as a base.

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cloud
A visible mass of condensed water vapor or ice particles in the sky.

A lone cloud drifted over the valley.

cloudy
Characterized by many clouds; overcast.

It looks like it'll be cloudy all afternoon.

cloudless
Without clouds; clear (usually of the sky).

They enjoyed a cloudless night for stargazing.

cloudburst
A sudden, heavy downpour of rain.

After the hot day there was a sudden cloudburst.

cloud cover
The extent to which clouds obscure the sky.

The cloud cover reduced the amount of sunlight reaching the panels.

cloudscape
An artistic or photographic depiction of clouds or the sky dominated by clouds.

He painted a dramatic cloudscape at dusk.

cloudberry
A soft orange edible berry (Rubus chamaemorus) found in Arctic and subarctic regions.

We picked cloudberries on the tundra during the summer.

cloudbank
A large, dense mass or bank of clouds.

A dark cloudbank rolled in from the west.

cloud-based
Hosted on or delivered from remote servers accessed via the internet (the cloud).

They migrated their services to a cloud-based platform.

cloud computing
The delivery of computing services (servers, storage, databases, networking, software) over the internet.

Many startups rely on cloud computing for scalability.