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Definition: Mackerel Sky |
Mackerel SkyNoun1. A sky filled with rows of cirrocumulus or small altocumulus clouds. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Mackerel Sky (A). A sky spotted like a mackerel. (Mackerel from the Latin, macula, a spot whence the French maquereau. German mackrele, Welsh macrell, etc.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Bubble | Cloud, vapor, fog, mist, haze, steam, geyser; scud, messenger, rack, nimbus; cumulus, woolpack, cirrus, stratus; cirrostratus, cumulostratus; cirrocumulus; mackerel sky, mare's tale, dirty sky; curl cloud; frost smoke; thunderhead. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Mackerel Sky |
| English words defined with "mackerel sky": Mackerel-back sky ♦ row. (references) |
| Language | Translations for "mackerel sky"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | небе покрито с перести облаци. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | bárányfelhõs égbolt, bárányfelhõs ég. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | speyr vreck. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ackerelmay yskay небо барашками. (various references) nebo ispunjeno talasastim oblacima. (various references) cielo aborregado. (various references) himmel med makrillmoln. (various references) parçalı bulutlu gökyüzü. (various references) trời phủ đầy những đám mây bông trắng nhỏ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-e-k-k-l-m-r-s-y" | |
-2 letters: mackerels, yarmelkes. | |
-3 letters: mackerel, reclames, yarmelke. | |
-4 letters: amerces, calkers, cereals, keckles, lackers, lackeys, leakers, mackles, marcels, myceles, racemes, reclame, relaces, remakes, rescale, sclerae, screaky, sealery, skylark, slacker, smacker, yakkers. | |
-5 letters: ackees, ameers, amerce, calker, calmer, camels, carles, celery, cereal, clears, cleeks, clerks, crakes, creaks, creaky, creams, creamy, crease, creasy, creeks, creels, cremes, cresyl, cymars. | |
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