thundercloud
or thun·der·clouds
Origin of thundercloud
1Words Nearby thundercloud
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How to use thundercloud in a sentence
A more precise estimate would require observing more thunderclouds.
Lightning may be an important source of air-cleaning chemicals | Maria Temming | April 29, 2021 | Science NewsLightning bolts usually are seen zipping from thunderclouds down toward the ground.
Space station sensors saw how weird ‘blue jet’ lightning forms | Maria Temming | February 2, 2021 | Science News For StudentsFor a moment, the gray plane recalled a thundercloud against the clear blue sky.
So he would have run on forever had not Richard thrust him away and gone in to Musa, with a face dark as a thundercloud.
God Wills It! | William Stearns DavisYou know the look he had whenever anything like a thundercloud came up in the sky.
A Mortal Antipathy | Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
Every one else was smiling and Joe's frown stood out like a black thundercloud in a clear blue sky.
The Amazing Inheritance | Frances R. SterrettHavill was standing at one end, as gloomy as a thundercloud, and at the other was the unfortunate creditor with his hat on.
A Laodicean | Thomas HardyEverybody was laughing but the bride, and she looked like a thundercloud.
The Camp Fire Girls on the Open Road | Hildegard G. Frey
British Dictionary definitions for thundercloud
/ (ˈθʌndəˌklaʊd) /
a towering electrically charged cumulonimbus cloud associated with thunderstorms
anything that is threatening
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Scientific definitions for thundercloud
[ thŭn′dər-kloud′ ]
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