Definition of Thundercloud

1. Noun. A dark cloud of great vertical extent charged with electricity; associated with thunderstorms.

Exact synonyms: Cumulonimbus, Cumulonimbus Cloud
Generic synonyms: Cloud

Definition of Thundercloud

1. n. A cloud charged with electricity, and producing lightning and thunder.

Definition of Thundercloud

1. Noun. a large, dark cloud, usually a cumulonimbus, charged with electricity and producing thunder and lightning; a stormcloud ¹

2. Noun. (context: by extension) something menacing and brooding ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Thundercloud

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Medical Definition of Thundercloud

1. A cloud charged with electricity, and producing lightning and thunder. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Thundercloud

thunderbird
thunderbirds
thunderblast
thunderbolt
thunderbolt beetle
thunderbolt beetles
thunderbolts
thunderboomer
thunderboomers
thunderbox
thunderboxes
thunderburst
thunderbursts
thunderclap
thunderclaps
thundercloud (current term)
thunderclouds
thunderdunk
thunderdunks
thundered
thunderer
thunderers
thunderfish
thunderflash
thunderflashes
thundergod
thundergods
thunderhead
thunderheads

Literary usage of Thundercloud

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Wesleyan-Methodist Magazine (1864)
"... but even this threatening thundercloud will, we hope, not pasa without falling in a salutary rain, that will fertilize the soil of the church. ..."

2. The Aerial World: A Popular Account of the Phenomena and Life of the Atmosphere by Georg Hartwig (1875)
"... of Professor Richman — Causes of the Thunderstorm — Premonitory Signs — Phenomena — A Thunderstorm Viewed from Above — In a thundercloud — Various Forms ..."

3. The Poems of George Heath, the Moorland Poet by George Heath (1880)
"TO A thundercloud. LOVE AND ANXIETY. H, black-browed, thunder-cloud, ... oh, dear, good thundercloud, And spare that valley, for my love is there. ..."

4. A Dictionary of the Bible: Dealing with Its Language, Literature, and by Samuel Rolles Driver, James Hastings, John Alexander Selbie (1908)
"... the noise of their wings (1-J) suggests the thunder; fire and lightning attend them (lu). thundercloud ie combined with that of heavenly guardianship. ..."

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