Thundercloud (Noun)
Meaning
A dark cloud of great vertical extent charged with electricity; associated with thunderstorms.
Classification
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made).
Examples
- The ominous thundercloud looming in the distance seemed to be getting closer by the minute, casting a dark shadow over the landscape.
- A strong gust of wind swept through the city, a harbinger of the massive thundercloud that was brewing on the horizon.
- The air grew thick with electricity as the thundercloud towered above, its rumbling thunder warning of an impending storm.
- The sky was a deep, foreboding grey, with a thundercloud that seemed to stretch up to the heavens, its anvil-shaped base boiling with turbulent clouds.
- As the thundercloud approached, the wind began to pick up, whipping the trees into a frenzy and sending loose objects flying through the air.