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thunderhead
[ thuhn-der-hed ]
noun
, Meteorology.
- the upper portion of a cumulus cloud characterized by dense, sharply defined, cauliflowerlike upper parts and sometimes by great verticality.
thunderhead
/ ˈθʌndəˌhɛd /
noun
- the anvil-shaped top of a cumulonimbus cloud
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Example Sentences
I could see a thunderhead boiling up above Flagstaff, Arizona, 350 miles to the west.
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The last we had known of the drivers was that they had been beyond Thunderhead, six miles of hard travel to the westward.
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She still felt the effects of her adventure with the thunderhead.
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After a spell like this they say of every thunderhead that appears, "That looks promising."
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Then a majestic thunderhead in the blazing September sky caught his attention and the miracle happened.
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Grogan had observed the darkening thunderhead of a frown on the wrestler's forehead.
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