cloud
US /klaʊd/
Definition
any collection of particles (e.g., smoke or dust) or gases that is visible
Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.
Examples
Our files are stored safely in the cloud.
Word Family
Synonyms
- vapora visible suspension in the air of particles of some substance
- hazea slight obscuration of the lower atmosphere
Collocations
- Easy watch fluffy white clouds in the skyto watch fluffy white clouds in the sky, meaning to look attentively
- Medium migrate legacy databases to secure enterprise cloudto migrate legacy databases to secure enterprise cloud, meaning to move from one country or region to another and settle there
- Hard cast an ominous dark cloud over negotiationsto cast an ominous dark cloud over negotiations, meaning to put or send forth
- Very Hard every dark storm cloud has a silver liningdescribing every dark storm cloud has a silver lining ((used of count nouns) each and all of the members of a group considered singly and without exception)
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