Meaning

3 senses

  1. (countable, uncountable)A cloudy appearance.

  2. (countable, uncountable)A mottled appearance given to ribbons and silks in the process of dyeing.

  3. (countable, uncountable)A diversity of colours in yarn, recurring at regular intervals.

More definitions
  • the process whereby water particles become visible in the sky

Forms

plural: cloudings
Singularclouding
Pluralcloudings

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the process whereby water particles become visible in the sky:clouding up

Word family

2 related words
Relatedcloud
Derivedpink clouding

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
clotheslineclothingB2cloudA1cloudlesscloudyA1clout

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