dense clouds
Thick sky blanket
Dense clouds are clouds thick enough to block significant light or visibility.
The phrase describes weather conditions where cloud cover is heavy and impenetrable: Dense clouds obscured the mountain peaks.
In meteorology, dense clouds often signal approaching storms or precipitation.
The term also appears figuratively: Dense clouds of smoke filled the room.
- thickHaving great depth
- fogLow-lying cloud cover
- pea soupBlended legume broth
- overcastSky fully veiled
- heavyOf great mass
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- sky conditionsclear, clear sky, overcast, sunny, stormy
- 3D scanninglaser scanner, laser scanning, depth sensor, photogrammetry, handheld scanner
- interstellar mattercosmic dust, nebulae, nebula, hydrogen gas, hot gas
- rain cloudsnimbostratus, cumulonimbus, nimbus, thunderhead
cloud density/thickness
dense cloudswispy clouds
thin clouds · scattered clouds · broken clouds · cirrus clouds · mare's tails
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