thundercloud

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English

A rolling thundercloud in The Netherlands

Etymology

From thunder +‎ cloud.

Noun

thundercloud (plural thunderclouds)

  1. (meteorology) A large, dark cloud, usually a cumulonimbus, charged with electricity and producing thunder and lightning; a storm cloud.
  2. (by extension, figurative) Something menacing and brooding.
    the ominous thunderclouds of war

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