nimbus

English Thesaurus

1. an indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint (noun.attribute)

hypernym	:	light, lightness,
definition	:	the visual effect of illumination on objects or scenes as created in pictures (noun.attribute)

2. a dark grey cloud bearing rain (noun.object)

hypernym	:	cloud,
definition	:	a visible mass of water or ice particles suspended at a considerable altitude (noun.object)

part holonym	:	aureole, corona,
definition	:	the outermost region of the sun's atmosphere; visible as a white halo during a solar eclipse (noun.phenomenon)