plume

noun/pluːm/

Frequency rank: #10,758 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

a long, spreading cloud of smoke, gas, or liquid rising into the air.

Illustration for the English word “plume”

Example sentence

The volcano sent up a towering plume of dark smoke into the sky.

Synonyms & related words

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