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View synonyms for thunderhead

thunderhead

[ thuhn-der-hed ]

noun

, Meteorology.
  1. the upper portion of a cumulus cloud characterized by dense, sharply defined, cauliflowerlike upper parts and sometimes by great verticality.


thunderhead

/ ˈθʌndəˌhɛd /

noun

  1. the anvil-shaped top of a cumulonimbus cloud
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of thunderhead1

An Americanism dating back to 1850–55; thunder + head
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Example Sentences

I could see a thunderhead boiling up above Flagstaff, Arizona, 350 miles to the west.

The last we had known of the drivers was that they had been beyond Thunderhead, six miles of hard travel to the westward.

She still felt the effects of her adventure with the thunderhead.

After a spell like this they say of every thunderhead that appears, "That looks promising."

Then a majestic thunderhead in the blazing September sky caught his attention and the miracle happened.

Grogan had observed the darkening thunderhead of a frown on the wrestler's forehead.

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