cloud

noun
/ˈklaʊ̯d/

A visible mass of water droplets suspended in the air.

Other meanings

Any mass of dust, steam or smoke resembling such a mass.
Anything which makes things foggy or gloomy.

Example sentences

“Can you see the stars through the clouds?”
Tatoeba · Igider · CC0
“That dog looks like a cloud I saw once.”
Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0

Word history

From Old English "clūd" (mass of stone, rock, boulder, hill).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “cloud” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.