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Definition of stratus noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

stratus

noun

/ˈstrɑːtəs/

/ˈstreɪtəs/

[uncountable] (specialist)

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a type of cloud that forms a continuous grey sheet covering the sky
Word Originearly 19th cent.: modern Latin, from Latin, literally ‘strewn’, past participle of sternere.

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