cumulous
Definition
- Adjective:
- Resembling or consisting of cumulus clouds: Describes something that has the fluffy, rounded, and piled-up appearance typical of cumulus clouds.
- Formed into a heap or mass; piled up: Describes objects that are gathered or thrown together into a mound or pile.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- The sky was filled with cumulous clouds that promised a beautiful sunset. (The sky was filled with clouds that looked like fluffy heaps.)
- After the harvest, the field was dotted with cumulous mounds of hay. (After the harvest, the field was dotted with piled-up heaps of hay.)
Advanced Usage
- Technical/Meteorological Context: In meteorology, "cumulous" is a less common variant of "cumulus," specifically describing the characteristic form of certain clouds.
- The pilot noted the developing cumulous formations, indicating unstable air.
- Figurative Use for Accumulation: Can be used figuratively to describe a large, amorphous accumulation of non-physical things.
- She faced a cumulous mass of administrative paperwork on her first day.
Variants and Related Words
- Cumulus (noun): The standard term for a type of dense, puffy cloud with a flat base.
- Fair-weather cumulus dotted the blue sky.
- Cumulate (verb): To gather or combine into a mass or whole.
- Cumulative (adjective): Increasing or growing by successive additions.
Synonyms
- Heaped: Gathered into a pile.
- Piled: Formed into a stack or mound.
- Massed: Brought together into a large body.
- Agglomerated: Collected into a clustered mass.
Antonyms
- Disbursed: Spread out or distributed over an area.
- Scattered: Thrown loosely about; not gathered.
- Level: Having a flat, even surface without mounds.
Related Phrases and Idioms
(Note: "Cumulous" itself is not typically used in common idioms or phrasal verbs. The related noun "cumulus" is used in the following meteorological phrase.) - Cumulus congestus: A meteorological term for a towering cumulus cloud that is growing vertically. - The cumulus congestus clouds developed into a thunderstorm.
Adjective
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thrown together in a pile
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a desk heaped with books
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heaped-up ears of corn
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ungraded papers piled high
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