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Definition of Thundercloud
1. Noun. A dark cloud of great vertical extent charged with electricity; associated with thunderstorms.
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
1. [n -S]
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
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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