MOTHER-OF-PEARL CLOUD

Meaning of MOTHER-OF-PEARL CLOUD in English

noun

: nacreous cloud

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

MOTHER-OF-PEARL CLOUD. — See nacreous cloud . [ 1930-35 ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PEARL — I Concretion formed by a mollusk and consisting of the same material (called nacre, or mother-of-pearl) as the mollusk's shell. …
Английский словарь Британика
MOTHER — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Great Mother of the Gods Mother Jones Mother Goose Mother Lode Country Mother's Day …
Английский словарь Британика
CLOUD — I Any visible mass of water droplets, ice crystals, or a mixture of the two that is suspended in the …
Английский словарь Британика
PEARL — I. ˈpərl, esp before pause or consonant ˈpər.əl; ˈpə̄l, ˈpəil noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English perle, from Middle …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MOTHER
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CLOUD — I. ˈklau̇d noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, rock, hill, cloud, from Old English clūd; akin …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PEARL — (n.) A shelly concretion, usually rounded, and having a brilliant luster, with varying tints, found in the mantle, or between …
Английский словарь Webster
PEARL — ( n. ) A shelly concretion, usually rounded, and having a brilliant luster, with varying tints, found in the mantle, …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PEARL — ( a. ) Of or pertaining to pearl or pearls; made of pearls, or of mother-of-pearl.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PEARL — pearl 1 — pearler , n. — pearlish , adj. — pearllike , adj. /perrl/ , n. 1. a smooth, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MOTHER
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CLOUD — — cloudlike , adj. /klowd/ , n. 1. a visible collection of particles of water or ice suspended in the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PEARL — I. ˈpər(-ə)l noun Etymology: Middle English perle, from Anglo-French, probably from Vulgar Latin * pernula, diminutive of Latin perna upper …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MOTHER
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CLOUD — I. ˈklau̇d noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, rock, cloud, from Old English clūd; perhaps akin to Greek gloutos …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PEARL — noun a fringe or border. 2. pearl ·noun a light-colored tern. 3. pearl ·noun nacre, or mother-of-pearl. 4. pearl ·vi …
Webster English vocab
MOTHER — noun an old woman or matron. 2. mother ·noun hysterical passion; hysteria. 3. mother ·vi to become like, or full …
Webster English vocab
CLOUD — noun a great crowd or multitude; a vast collection. 2. cloud ·noun a mass or volume of smoke, or flying …
Webster English vocab
PEARL — [pearl] n [ME perle, fr. MF, prob. fr. (assumed) VL pernula, dim. of L perna upper leg, kind of sea …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
MOTHER
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CLOUD — [cloud] n, often attrib [ME, rock, cloud, fr. OE clud; perh. akin to Gk gloutos buttock] (14c) 1: a visible …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PEARL — Pearl concretion formed by a mollusk consisting of the same material (called nacre, or mother-of-pearl) as the mollusk's shell. It …
Britannica English vocabulary
CLOUD — any visible mass of water droplets, ice crystals, or a mixture of both that is suspended in the air, usually …
Britannica English vocabulary
PEARL — pearl, Pearl BrE AmE pɜːl AmE pɝːl ▷ pearled pɜːld AmE pɝːld ▷ pearling ˈpɜːl ɪŋ AmE ˈpɝːl ɪŋ ▷ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
MOTHER — mother, M~ BrE AmE ˈmʌð ə AmE - ə r ▷ mother|ed d ▷ mothering ˈmʌð ə r‿ɪŋ ▷ mother|s …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
PEARL — / pɜːl; NAmE pɜːrl/ noun 1. [ C ] a small hard shiny white ball that forms inside the shell …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MOTHER — / ˈmʌðə(r); NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. a female parent of a child or animal; a person …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CLOUD — / klaʊd; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ C , U ] a grey or white mass …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PEARL — pearl /pɜːl $ pɜːrl/ BrE AmE noun [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: perle , from Vulgar …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
MOTHER
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CLOUD — I. cloud 1 S3 W3 /klaʊd/ BrE AmE noun [ Language: Old English ; Origin: clud 'rock, hill' ; because …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PEARL — n. & v. --n. 1 a (often attrib.) a usu. white or bluish-grey hard mass formed within the shell of …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
MOTHER — n. & v. --n. 1 a a woman in relation to a child or children to whom she has given …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CLOUD — n. & v. --n. 1 a visible mass of condensed watery vapour floating in the atmosphere high above the general …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PEARL — n. & v. n. 1 a (often attrib.) a usu. white or bluish-grey hard mass formed within the shell of …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
MOTHER — n. & v. n. 1 a a woman in relation to a child or children to whom she has given …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CLOUD — n. & v. n. 1 a visible mass of condensed watery vapour floating in the atmosphere high above the general …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PEARL — 1. n. & v. --n. 1. a (often attrib.) a usu. white or bluish-grey hard mass formed within the shell …
Oxford English vocab
MOTHER — n. & v. --n. 1. a a woman in relation to a child or children to whom she has given …
Oxford English vocab
CLOUD — n. & v. --n. 1. a visible mass of condensed watery vapour floating in the atmosphere high above the general …
Oxford English vocab
PEARL — ( pearls) 1. A pearl is a hard round object which is shiny and creamy white in colour. Pearls grow …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MOTHER — ( mothers, mothering, mothered) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. Your mother …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CLOUD — ( clouds, clouding, clouded) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. A cloud …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PEARL — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES be dripping with jewels/gems/pearls etc ▪ All the princes were dripping with gems. cultured pearl …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MOTHER — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a proud mother/father/parent ▪ Mark is the proud father of a three-week-old baby boy. …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CLOUD
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PEARL — [noun] - (the substance which forms) a small round object, usually white, that forms around a grain of sand inside …
Cambridge English vocab
MOTHER — (PARENT) [noun] [C] - a female parentMy mother was 21 when she had (= gave birth to) me.All the mothers …
Cambridge English vocab
CLOUD — [noun] [C] - a usually grey or white mass seen in the sky made of very small floating drops of …
Cambridge English vocab
PEARL — n. Bailey Pearl Mae Buck Pearl Pearl Sydenstricker Pearl Grey Pearl Harbor Pearl River Primus Pearl
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
PEARL — n. Concretion formed by a mollusk and consisting of the same material (called nacre, or mother-of-pearl) as the mollusk's shell. …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
CLOUD — n. cloud chamber Magellanic Cloud fiery or glowing cloud Oort cloud Red Cloud Saint Cloud porcelain
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
MOTHER — n. Mother Cabrini Great Mother of the Gods Mother Jones Mother Goose Mother Lode Country Mother's Day and Father's Day …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
MOTHER — MOTHER, or THE MOTHER. A bawd. Mother abbess: the same. Mother midnight; a midwife. Mother in law's bit; a small …
Slang English vocab
CLOUD — I. noun 1 mass of very small drops of water in the sky ADJECTIVE ▪ dense , heavy , thick …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
MOTHER — INDEX: 1. a mother 2. what you call your mother 3. the time when a woman is a mother 4. …
Longman Activator English vocab
CLOUD — n. 25B6; noun dark clouds : storm cloud, cloudbank; mackerel sky. See list. a cloud of exhaust smoke : MASS, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
PEARL — (Heb. gabish). The Hebrew word in (Job 28:18) probably means "crystal." Pearls, however are frequently mentioned in the New Testament, …
Smith's Bible English Dictionary
CLOUD — The shelter given, and refreshment of rain promised, by clouds give them their peculiar prominence in Oriental imagery. When a …
Smith's Bible English Dictionary
PEARL — 1. сущ. 1) а) жемчуг Venetian pearl б) перламутр Syn : mother-of-pearl 2) жемчужина, перл; исключительный пример, образец (чего-л.) the …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
MOTHER
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
CLOUD — 1. сущ. 1) облако; мн.; возв. небеса Clouds are commonly classified in four kinds, cirrus, cumulus, stratus, and nimbus. ≈ …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PEARL — pearl.ogg _I 1. pɜ:l n 1. 1> жемчуг cultured pearl - культивированный жемчуг Venetian pearl - искусственный жемчуг 2> жемчужина, …
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