🇬🇧 Stratus meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

“Stratus” is the name for a big, flat blanket of gray cloud that sits very low in the sky. Instead of looking puffy like cotton balls, a stratus cloud looks like someone spread gray paint or a gray sheet across the whole sky. These clouds often make the day look dull and gloomy and can bring light rain or drizzle, but usually not loud storms or lightning.

I told the stratus it could at least rain properly if it was going to block the sun, so it sent us tiny, annoying drizzle instead.

I tried to draw the stratus in art class, but my teacher said I’d just colored the whole page with a gray crayon.

Under the stratus, the playground looked like a black‑and‑white movie starring very bored children.

The stratus made the day so gloomy that even my shadow called in sick.

The stratus made everything look gray, but at least it matched the color of my math homework feelings.

A stratus hung low over the park. The stratus lay like a thick gray blanket above the swings. It made the light small; the stratus sent cool drops on coats. Children slowed, eyes wide at the flat stratus. The dog sat under the stratus. They walked home, comforted, as the stratus drifted away.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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