Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The swollen upper portion of a thundercloud, usually associated with the development of a thunderstorm.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One of the round compact swelling cumulus clouds which frequently develop into thunder-clouds.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A rounded mass of cloud, with shining white edges; a cumulus, -- often appearing before a thunderstorm.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The top portion of a
cumulonimbus cloud , which tend to be flattened or fibery in appearance, and which may be indicative ofthunderstorm activity.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a rounded projecting mass of a cumulus cloud with shining edges; often appears before a thunderstorm
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Examples
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At his feet swept the broad and noble river, reflecting on its surface the snowy masses of "thunderhead" clouds, around which the lightning still played, and which, transfigured and glorified in the light of the setting sun, seemed to the poetic imagination of the young man like the City of God descending out of heaven, with its streets of gold and foundations of precious stones, while the rainbow that spanned the heavens seemed like the rainbow of the Apocalypse round about the throne of God.
Neville Trueman, the Pioneer Preacher : a tale of the war of 1812
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I released at 35 yds and my thunderhead decapitated the bird.
A turkey hunting question has me thinking about turkeys. 2009
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Beheaded one with a 3 blade thunderhead and the other was hit center back with Wasp Jackhammer (that is the one with 5 beards).
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I was a die hard thunderhead guy, these blow major holes.
Rage broadheads 2009
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Beheaded one with a 3 blade thunderhead and the other was hit center back with Wasp Jackhammer (that is the one with 5 beards).
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I tracked a deer last week shot with a 100gn thunderhead.
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I looked back to shore and saw we now had this enormous slate-gray thunderhead approaching us.
Binky Philips: I Visit Graceland and Get Kurt Cobain's Autograph Binky Philips 2011
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I released at 35 yds and my thunderhead decapitated the bird.
A turkey hunting question has me thinking about turkeys. 2009
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I tracked a deer last week shot with a 100gn thunderhead.
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Out of that thunderhead of swinging steel, an axe dived down to shear away the bark from one edge of the bole.
GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011
bilby commented on the word thunderhead
Yes, we have thunderheads.
September 30, 2008