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storm clouds

storm clouds is the plural of storm cloud.

Meaning of storm cloud

Noun

storm cloud (plural storm clouds)

  1. A dark and ominous cloud that appears to indicate a coming storm.
    • Uncertainty hangs over the industry like a storm cloud on a summer's day, preventing long-term planning and investment.2023 March 8, Christian Wolmar, “Labour passes up the chance to deliver a forceful rail policy”, in RAIL, number 978, page 35
  2. (broadly, figuratively) A sign that serious trouble, conflict, or misfortune is approaching.

Questions about storm clouds

What is storm clouds the plural of?
Storm clouds is the plural of storm cloud.

Words near storm clouds in the dictionary

  1. storm center
  2. storm centers
  3. storm chaser
  4. storm chasers
  5. storm cloud
  6. storm clouds
  7. storm collar
  8. storm collars
  9. storm cone
  10. storm cones
  11. storm crow

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