thunderhead
Americannoun
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the upper portion of a cumulus cloud characterized by dense, sharply defined, cauliflowerlike upper parts and sometimes by great verticality.
noun
Etymology
Origin of thunderhead
Example Sentences
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Once a prehistoric denizen of the deeps, it comes ashore on a tsunami tide, tall as a thunderhead, shrugging off artillery as it bellows a foghorn scream.
From Scientific American • Nov. 3, 2023
A thunderhead towers above the rising sun, and the picture turns out beautifully.
From Slate • May 11, 2015
Early that morning, a towering thunderhead had rumbled in from the east, stripping branches from the cottonwoods and flooding the streets of Oklahoma City.
From The New Yorker • Dec. 1, 2014
They are misshapen, listing to one side, the ice cream rising like a thunderhead between the cookies.
From New York Times • Jul. 19, 2011
Like their master, the South Wind, they were conflicted—half hot, dry sirocco, half stormy thunderhead.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
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