noun
- large, towering cumulus clouds that often produce thunderstorms
Usage: meteorology; plural form of thunderhead
Examples
- Dark thunderheads gathered on the horizon before the storm hit.
- The pilot avoided flying through the massive thunderheads.
- We watched the thunderheads build up during the hot afternoon.
- Lightning flickered inside the towering thunderheads.
- The meteorologist warned that thunderheads were forming rapidly.
- Children pointed excitedly at the dramatic thunderheads overhead.