cloudscape

noun

cloud·​scape ˈklau̇d-ˌskāp How to pronounce cloudscape (audio)
: a view or pictorial representation of a cloud formation

Examples of cloudscape in a Sentence

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The colorful cloud formations glow in bright white and deep blue-green and orange-brown hues that create a beautiful cloudscape reminiscent of clouds illuminated by a golden sunrise on Earth. Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 20 Feb. 2025 Lasers and fog comprise Symbiotic Seeing (2020), on an upper floor in the Singapore Art Museum stop, and together generate an ever-changing cloudscape, supposedly attuned to the moving heat of the viewer’s body. Kelly Presutti, ARTnews.com, 27 Sep. 2024 The other, a backdrop, is more of a cloudscape of peach and turquoise. Brian Seibert, New York Times, 5 May 2023 At the White House, as a magnificent sunset outlines the Washington Monument in shades of lavender and pink, Naomi’s two little sisters, Finnegan, 22, and Maisy, 21, shuffle into the Blue Room where everyone is oohing over the cloudscape. Chloe Malle, Vogue, 22 Nov. 2022 The area’s population is about 45,000 and sits between three dramatic stratovolcanoes - Malinche, Popocatépetl and Iztaccihuatl underneath a thick cloudscape. Robyn Huang, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Nov. 2022 The photo is mostly centered around a celestial cloudscape in the nebula, which includes a Herbig-Haro object known as HH 505. Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 15 Aug. 2022 With the dome a dizzying cobalt, the gray cloudscape above appeared orange. BostonGlobe.com, 8 June 2021 Depicted is a classic cloudscape with gilded edges to ramp up the classical factor. Felicity Carter, Forbes, 4 Apr. 2021

Word History

First Known Use

1880, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of cloudscape was in 1880

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“Cloudscape.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cloudscape. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.

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