Entry: cumulus (n.)
In context: "...trying to film the cock of the Moms's head and the phone's extended antenna against the cumulus of her hair from behind, capturing her unawares."
Definition: A heap, pile; an accumulation, gathering; the conical top of a heaped measure, hence the consummating mass.
Other: Cumulus is a Latin borrow word, meaning "a heap." Pretty simple!
SNOOT score: 2
Page: 760
Source: Oxford English Dictionary
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