thundercloud
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2.5
- noun
- /ˈθʌndərˌklaʊd/
:
nube de tormenta
- In the distance, billowing thunderclouds raced toward us under the glimmering stars, promising some insulating warmth.
- electric field in thunderclouds
- thundercloud's electric field
And that meant I was being pulled into a building thundercloud.
- And that meant I was being pulled into a building thundercloud.
- First, C thalasha and of C half is Earth and half is what we translate as lightning or the thundercloud or something like that.
Examples
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I could feel the thunderclouds gathering, though, when the pastor asked to speak to me in private.
Academic text (2009) -
The day is now grey with big, high thunderclouds forming to the west as we wait for Uncle Whitney.
Fiction book (1998) -
Above was an impenetrable thundercloud outstretched beyond the hills.
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In 1749, Benjamin Franklin made a fundamental discovery—that lightning is an electrical discharge between a thundercloud and Earth.
Academic text (2006) -
The weatherman warned that a thick thundercloud was approaching, bringing heavy rain and lightning.
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We watched as the thundercloud gathered overhead, signaling an impending storm full of thunder and downpours.
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The sky was darkened by a looming thundercloud, rumbling ominously as it moved closer.
Synonyms
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1.0
A dark, heavy cloud that shows rain or a storm is coming
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6.3
A very large tall cloud that appears before a thunderstorm
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9.7
A very large dark cloud that brings thunder, heavy rain, and lightning
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4.8
A very tall dark cloud that brings heavy rain, thunder, and lightning
Antonyms
How Stormy
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word thundercloud comes from the two simple words thunder and cloud, so it literally means a 'cloud that makes thunder'. So, a thundercloud brings heavy rain, lightning and the loud sound of thunder.