noun
- a large, towering cloud that produces thunderstorms
Usage: meteorology
Examples
- Dark thunderheads gathered on the horizon before the storm hit.
- The pilot avoided flying through the massive thunderhead.
- We could see lightning flashing inside the thunderhead.
- The thunderhead rose high into the atmosphere like a giant anvil.
- Meteorologists tracked the movement of several thunderheads across the state.
- The afternoon heat helped form towering thunderheads over the mountains.