What is a group of clouds called?

What is a group of clouds called?

I sat down with Fred McCloud and we started Googling the collective noun for clouds: a cumulonimbus of clouds < Cumulonimbus clouds belong to the Clouds with Vertical Growth group. They are generally known as thunderstorm clouds. an accumulation of clouds < they all just kind of drifted together.

What kind of noun is cloud?

common noun
The word ‘cloud’ is an example of a common noun. Common nouns are objects that are not specific enough to be considered proper nouns.

What is the collective noun of names?

Collective nouns are names for a collection or a number of people or things. Words like group, herd, and array are collective noun examples.

Is a cloud a thing or place?

Cloud is not a place. People often talk about moving to the cloud as if they were moving to another city. But the cloud is not a place. In fact, the cloud can be anywhere, in your data center or someone else’s.

Is a cloud a thing?

A cloud is made of water drops or ice crystals floating in the sky. There are many kinds of clouds. Clouds are an important part of Earth’s weather.

A collective noun for “clouds” would consist of one word or perhaps a compound word as “the cloud-cover” or “the cloud-covering” – don’t know whether these words are in the dictionary. I don’t think that there is a collective word for clouds. You could invent a word, perhaps “the clouding”.

Which is a collective term for a cloud?

One possible collective term is a “scud” of clouds – meaning fast-moving, loose, vapoury clouds. I’m sure many more exist – I will edit if I think of them. There’s no consensus, but The Collective Nouns Page gives us a souffle of clouds.

How to use collective nouns in a sentence?

Here’s a simple trick you can use to decide how to use collective nouns in sentences: Imagine a herd of zebras grazing peacefully on the savanna. Suddenly, a lion jumps out of a clump of tall grass. What do the zebras do?

When is a collective noun paired with a singular verb?

When individuals are in a team, a choir, a committee, or part of any other collective noun, that noun is singular and is paired with singular pronouns and singular verbs.