thunderhead
the upper portion of a cumulus cloud characterized by dense, sharply defined, cauliflowerlike upper parts and sometimes by great verticality.
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How to use thunderhead in a sentence
I could see a thunderhead boiling up above Flagstaff, Arizona, 350 miles to the west.
Sky Wars: Richard Branson’s Rival in the Great Space Race | Tom Sykes | October 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe last we had known of the drivers was that they had been beyond thunderhead, six miles of hard travel to the westward.
Our Southern Highlanders | Horace KephartShe still felt the effects of her adventure with the thunderhead.
Dorothy Dixon and the Mystery Plane | Dorothy WayneAfter a spell like this they say of every thunderhead that appears, "That looks promising."
In Pastures Green | Peter McArthurThen a majestic thunderhead in the blazing September sky caught his attention and the miracle happened.
A Son of the City | Herman Gastrell Seely
Grogan had observed the darkening thunderhead of a frown on the wrestler's forehead.
Oogie Finds Love | Berkeley Livingston
British Dictionary definitions for thunderhead
/ (ˈθʌndəˌhɛd) /
mainly US and Canadian the anvil-shaped top of a cumulonimbus cloud
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