cloud-cappedadjective
uk/ˈklaʊd.kæpt/us/ˈklaʊd.kæpt/literaryCloud-capped hills or mountains are surrounded at the top by clouds.
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Precipitation: clouds, dew, fog & steam
- altocumulus
- billow
- cloudy
- condensation
- cumulonimbus
- dewdrop
- fog
- fog up
- hazy
- miasma
- pea soup
- smog
- steam
- steamy
- storm cloud
- stratocumulus
- thundercloud
- vapour trail
- visibility
- whiteout
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Examples from literature
- Beyond them cloud-capped mountains rose thousands of feet above us.
- In one direction rose the misty heights of St. Domingo, and in another the cloud-capped summits of Cuba.
- On the one side were the Vermont snow-crowned and cloud-capped mountains, rising up like eternal ramparts against all eastern hostile incursions of the elements.
- On their cloud-capped summits nothing could be seen but snow—dazzling, blinding white snow, and wreaths of vapor which congealed as it fell.
- Sometimes, for days together, the mountain is literally cloud-capped, and its peak hidden from view.