Meanings
nouncloud bank (plural cloud banks)
plural cloud banks · alternative cloudbank
- A wall of clouds, rising above horizon or observed from a distance, but not overhead.
The hills were slate under the stacks of black cloudbank.
1977, John Le Carré, The Honourable Schoolboy, Folio Society, published 2010, page 61 more example
"Then he wrote: “Sunset threatening, with a low bank of clouds to N. and E. Sky clear overhead.”"
1919, Joseph Conrad, Typhoon
Translations
Catalan nuvolada
- nuvoladaa wall of clouds observed from a distance
Finnish pilvivalli
- pilvivallia wall of clouds observed from a distance
French barre de nuages
- barre de nuagesa wall of clouds observed from a distance
Icelandic skýjabakki
- skýjabakkia wall of clouds observed from a distance
Korean 구름밭
- 구름밭 (gureumbat)a wall of clouds observed from a distance
Māori mamaru
- mamarua wall of clouds observed from a distance
Russian гряда облаков, облачная гряда
- гряда облаковa wall of clouds observed from a distance
- облачная грядаa wall of clouds observed from a distance
Swedish molnbank
- molnbanka wall of clouds observed from a distance
Cite this entry
APA
cloud bank. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cloud%20bank
MLA
“cloud bank.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cloud%20bank. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cloud bank,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cloud%20bank.
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