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thunder-cloud

thunder-cloud is the alternative form of thundercloud.

Meaning of thundercloud

Noun

thundercloud (plural thunderclouds)

  1. A large, dark cloud, usually a cumulonimbus, charged with electricity and producing thunder and lightning.
    Synonyms:
    storm cloud
  2. (broadly, figuratively) Something menacing and brooding.
    • the ominous thunderclouds of war

Forms of thunder-cloud

pluralthunder-clouds

Questions about thunder-cloud

What is thunder-cloud the alternative form of?
Thunder-cloud is the alternative form of thundercloud.

Words near thunder-cloud in the dictionary

  1. thunder tubes
  2. thunder word
  3. thunder words
  4. thunder-box
  5. thunder-boxes
  6. thunder-cloud
  7. thunder-drum
  8. thunder-drums
  9. thunder-gust
  10. thunder-gusts
  11. thunder-plant

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Adapted from Wiktionary: thunder-cloud (page history and authors); thundercloud (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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