thick cloud

collocation in English

meaningsofthickandcloud

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thick
adjective
uk
/θɪk/us
/θɪk/
having a large distance between ...
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cloud
noun
uk
/klaʊd/us
/klaʊd/
a grey or white mass in the sky, made up of very small floating drops ...
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(Definition ofthickandcloudfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Wind speeds reach an average of 40km/hmph 0 while even in summer thethickcloudcover prevents much sunlight from penetrating.
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Then days are spent in a forest that is shrouded in athickcloudof fog.
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They found that the visible clouds are a diffuse haze rather than athickcloud, confirming the same results obtained from transits across the sun.
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Shortly after, the pilot issued a distress call as the aircraft had enteredthickcloud.
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The city starts to flood and athickcloudof steam fills the air.
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Today, we know that this is impossible, because of thethickcloudcover on this planet.
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A frightened or angry thunder beast will begin bellowing, and in combat a thunder beast will breath on its opponent, building athickcloud.
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When it develops, rainbands and cloud lines around the tropical cyclone weaken and thethickcloudshield obscures the circulation center.
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After flying into a massive,thickcloudand getting lost, the team ends up landing by a cliff in search for fuel.
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Heavy rain, strong winds,thickcloudcover and fog forced the captain to descend to a lower altitude.
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Scientifically, the light-observation experiments were unsuccessful, as both target locations were covered bythickcloudcover.
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The ship was half submerged and obscured during the oil fire by thick clouds of smoke.
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These raids are generally carried out on days when low thick clouds cover the shipping lanes.
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The pilot apparently got into difficulties in thick clouds and lost control of the machine, whose nose dived to the ground.
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These raids are generally carried out on days when low, thick clouds cover the shipping lanes.
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This county produces pomegranates of incomparable beauty, excellent figs and grapes that are dried on fires (because the sun is always obscured by thick clouds).
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Thick clouds were within 200 feet of the ground and the visibility was so bad that practically no flying was attempted.
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A few of these mountains are cloaked by thick clouds almost the whole year round.
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The moon itself is almost always covered with thick clouds, heavy rain, and dense fog.
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