Definitions for stratus

stratus stra·tus

Spelling: [strey-tuh s, strat-uh s]
IPA: /ˈstreɪ təs, ˈstræt əs/

Stratus is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 125 anagrams from letters in stratus (arssttu).

Definitions for stratus

noun

  1. a cloud of a class characterized by a gray, horizontal layer with a uniform base, found at a lower altitude than altostratus, usually below 8000 feet (2400 meters).

Origin of stratus

1795-1805; Latin strātus; see stratum

Examples for stratus

It is of variable extent and thickness, and is called stratus, a bed or covering.

It is but a cumulus, or a stratus, or cirro-stratus dissolving in snow or rain.

The stratus, an extended continuous level sheet of cloud, increasing from beneath.

stratus is a thin uniform layer of cloud at a very low level.

In the wet season they grow into the nimbus and stratus types that precede a sudden downpour of water or a furious hailstorm.

As the Cumulus belongs to the day, so does the stratus to the night.

The wind lulled, and heavy clouds of stratus appeared in the east, towards evening.

The sky is clear, but it clouds rapidly with films of cirrus and of stratus in the south and west.

Here are situated stratus and Trichonium, which has an excellent soil.

The stratus, from its spreading out horizontally in a continuous layer, and increasing from below.

Word Value for stratus
Scrable

7

Words with friends

8

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