Definition

A small cloud or something that looks like a cloud.

Example

The sky was filled with fluffy cloudlets drifting by.

Conversation

Look at that cute little cloudlet over there in the sky!

Oh wow, it does look like a tiny cotton ball!

I love how they float around so freely.

Yeah, it makes the sky feel more whimsical.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Root Explanation

Cloudlet is formed from "cloud" (from Old English "clud", meaning a mass of rock or hill, which evolved to mean a visible mass of condensed water vapor in the sky) and the diminutive suffix "-let" (meaning small). The word "cloudlet" refers to a small cloud.

Memory Tip

Think of a 'cloud' as a mass of vapor in the sky, and the '-let' means small, so a cloudlet is simply a small cloud.

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