1. Home
  2. Dictionary
  3. Mackerel Sky

Definition of Mackerel Sky in English :

Define Mackerel Sky in English

Mackerel Sky meaning in English

Meaning of Mackerel Sky in English

Pronunciation of Mackerel Sky in English

Mackerel Sky pronunciation in English

Pronounce Mackerel Sky in English

Mackerel Sky

see synonyms of mackerel sky

Noun

1. mackerel sky

a sky filled with rows of cirrocumulus or small altocumulus clouds

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Mackerel Sky

see synonyms of mackerel sky
noun
a sky patterned with cirrocumulus or small altocumulus clouds

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Mackerel Sky

see synonyms of mackerel sky
a sky covered with rows of small, fleecy, cirrocumulus or altocumulus clouds, suggesting the streaks on a mackerel's back

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Mackerel Sky

see synonyms of mackerel sky
n.
Chiefly Northeastern US
A sky covered with many small cirrocumulus or altocumulus clouds, resembling the markings found on a mackerel. Also called regionally buttermilk sky.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

WORD OF THE DAY

hecatomb

FIND OUT WHAT IT MEANS

Recent Searches