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thunder-wheels

thunder-wheels is the plural of thunder-wheel.

Meaning of thunder-wheel

Noun

thunder-wheel (plural thunder-wheels)

  1. (literary) One of a set of supposed heavenly wheels that cause thunder when they roll.
    • Nearer it came, and nearer yet, till it was close upon us, rolling down like all the thunder-wheels of heaven behind the horses of the lightning.1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC

Questions about thunder-wheels

What is thunder-wheels the plural of?
Thunder-wheels is the plural of thunder-wheel.

Words near thunder-wheels in the dictionary

  1. thunder-plumps
  2. thunder-stick
  3. thunder-sticks
  4. thunder-thighed
  5. thunder-wheel
  6. thunder-wheels
  7. thunderation
  8. thunderbird
  9. thunderbirds
  10. thunderblast
  11. thunderblasts

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