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Webster 1913 Edition


Thundercloud

Thun′der-cloudˊ

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Noun.
A cloud charged with electricity, and producing lightning and thunder.

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thundercloud

thundercloud

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English

Noun

thundercloud (plural thunderclouds)

  1. a large, dark cloud, usually a cumulonimbus, charged with electricity and producing thunder and lightning; a stormcloud
  2. (by extension) something menacing and brooding
    As the ominous thunderclouds of war gather over the Middle East, countries like France and Russia have threatened to use their veto in the United Nations to thwart immediate U.S. military force against Iraq. -

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