cumulus

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: cumulus

1	n	a globular cloud
2	n	a collection of objects laid on top of each other

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: cumulus

Types:: altocumulus, altocumulus cloud
a cumulus cloud at an intermediate altitude of 2 or 3 miles; thunderhead
a rounded projecting mass of a cumulus cloud with shining edges; often appears before a thunderstorm

Type of:: cloud
a visible mass of water or ice particles suspended at a considerable altitude

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a heap of manure and vegetation and other organic residues that are decaying to become compost; dunghill, midden, muckheap, muckhill
a heap of dung or refuse; scrapheap
pile of discarded metal; shock
a pile of sheaves of grain set on end in a field to dry; stalks of Indian corn set up in a field; slagheap
pile of waste matter from coal mining etc; stack
an orderly pile; funeral pyre, pyre
wood heaped for burning a dead body as a funeral rite; woodpile
a pile or stack of wood to be used for fuel; stockpile
a storage pile accumulated for future use; hayrick, haystack, rick
a stack of hay

Type of:: accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection
several things grouped together or considered as a whole

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