thunderhead
noun
thun·der·head
ˈthən-dər-ˌhed 
: a rounded mass of cumulus or cumulonimbus cloud often appearing before a thunderstorm
Examples of thunderhead in a Sentence
A thunderhead was forming to the west.
Recent Examples on the Web
Shrouded in the black thunderheads the distant lightning glowed mutely like welding seen through foundry smoke.
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John Williams, Washington Post, 14 June 2023
There are thunderheads of salad greens, plenty of sweet potatoes, and colorful squash blossoms.
—Nick Rallo, Dallas News, 12 June 2023
Then Foltz, Jenkins and a crew of NOAA scientists across the nation will wait patiently — watching the skies, monitoring the Atlantic’s ever-warming temperature and waiting for a line of thunderheads to be hooked and whirled into a perfect storm.
—Porter Fox, New York Times, 9 May 2023
In it, Smith inserts a small photo of the novelist into the upper-left-hand corner of a scene of thunderheads over the Manhattan skyline.
—Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 4 May 2023
Tiny clouds on the distant skyline can slowly grow into towering thunderheads, or a rain squall moving in from the coast directed by the whim of the wind.
—Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Apr. 2023
History is a thunderhead passing over the earth.
—Jason Brown, The New Yorker, 2 May 2021
Large thunderhead over east side of Valley as seen from Torrey Pines & Lone Mountain.
—Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 19 Aug. 2014
It was acquired by NASA's Terra satellite just as a thunderhead was blossoming east of Vegas.
—Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 19 Aug. 2014
John Williams, Washington Post, 14 June 2023
There are thunderheads of salad greens, plenty of sweet potatoes, and colorful squash blossoms.
—Nick Rallo, Dallas News, 12 June 2023
Then Foltz, Jenkins and a crew of NOAA scientists across the nation will wait patiently — watching the skies, monitoring the Atlantic’s ever-warming temperature and waiting for a line of thunderheads to be hooked and whirled into a perfect storm.
—Porter Fox, New York Times, 9 May 2023
In it, Smith inserts a small photo of the novelist into the upper-left-hand corner of a scene of thunderheads over the Manhattan skyline.
—Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 4 May 2023
Tiny clouds on the distant skyline can slowly grow into towering thunderheads, or a rain squall moving in from the coast directed by the whim of the wind.
—Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Apr. 2023
History is a thunderhead passing over the earth.
—Jason Brown, The New Yorker, 2 May 2021
Large thunderhead over east side of Valley as seen from Torrey Pines & Lone Mountain.
—Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 19 Aug. 2014
It was acquired by NASA's Terra satellite just as a thunderhead was blossoming east of Vegas.
—Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 19 Aug. 2014
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thunderhead
noun
thun·der·head
-ˌhed
: a large cumulus cloud often appearing before a thunderstorm
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