Definition of Thunderstorm

1. Noun. A storm resulting from strong rising air currents; heavy rain or hail along with thunder and lightning.

Exact synonyms: Electric Storm, Electrical Storm
Generic synonyms: Storm, Violent Storm

Definition of Thunderstorm

1. n. A storm accompanied with lightning and thunder.

Definition of Thunderstorm

1. Noun. A storm consisting of thunder and lightning produced by a cumulonimbus, usually accompanied with rain or hail. A more severe thunderstorm can cause mesocyclones. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Thunderstorm

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Thunderstorm

thunderlights
thundermug
thundermugs
thunderous
thunderously
thunderousness
thunderproof
thunders
thundershower
thundershowers
thundersnow
thunderstick
thundersticks
thunderstone
thunderstones
thunderstorm
thunderstorms
thunderstormy
thunderstricken
thunderstrike
thunderstrikes
thunderstriking
thunderstroke
thunderstrokes
thunderstruck
thunderworm
thunderworms
thundery
thundrous
thunk

Literary usage of Thunderstorm

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

1. Physics of the Air by William Jackson Humphreys (1920)
"A thunderstorm, as its name implies, is a storm characterized by thunder and ... Many have supposed that, whatever the genesis of the thunderstorm, ..."

2. The Aerial World: A Popular Account of the Phenomena and Life of the Atmosphere by Georg Hartwig (1875)
"THE Thunderstorm. Tha Thunderbolts of Jove— Augural Importance of the Thunderstorm among the ancient Etruscans and Romans— Persons Struck by Lightning ..."

3. Two Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana (1895)
"A TROPICAL Thunderstorm. THE same day I met with one of those narrow escapes which are so often happening in a sailor's life. I had been aloft nearly all ..."

4. Recollections of Tartar Steppes and Their Inhabitants by Lucy Atkinson (1863)
"... of Enchantment—Another Thunderstorm—Painful Accident—The Verdigris Lake—Unexpected Conflict—A critical Position— Sanguinary Encounter—A Rascal leniently ..."

5. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"... the seventh, a severe thunderstorm accompanied by destructive hail; the eighth, a plague of locusts that ate what the hail had spared; the ninth, ..."

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