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thunderstorm

thun·der·storm
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [thuhn-der-stawrm]
    • /ˈθʌn dərˌstɔrm/
    • /ˈθʌn.də.stɔːm/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [thuhn-der-stawrm]
    • /ˈθʌn dərˌstɔrm/

Definitions of thunderstorm word

  • noun thunderstorm a transient storm of lightning and thunder, usually with rain and gusty winds, sometimes with hail or snow, produced by cumulonimbus clouds. 1
  • countable noun thunderstorm A thunderstorm is a storm in which there is thunder and lightning and a lot of heavy rain. 0
  • noun thunderstorm a storm caused by strong rising air currents and characterized by thunder and lightning and usually heavy rain or hail 0
  • noun thunderstorm a storm accompanied by thunder and lightning 0
See all 4 definitions of thunderstorm

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Origin of thunderstorm

First appearance:

before 1645
One of the 44% oldest English words
First recorded in 1645-55; thunder + storm

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Parts of speech for Thunderstorm

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Thunderstorm

thunderstorm popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 85% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Related words

  • blue jet

    a faint discharge of blue light from the top of a thunderstorm cloud that propagates upward: extends approximately from the bottom to the top of the stratosphere and is not detectable from the ground.

  • cumulonimbus

    Cumulonimbus is a type of cloud, similar to cumulus, that extends to a great height and is associated with thunderstorms.

  • electric storm

    a violent atmospheric disturbance in which the air is highly charged with static electricity, causing a storm

  • electrical storm

    thunder, lightning

  • elve

    (astronomy, meteorology) an upper atmospheric optical phenomena associated with thunderstorms, rapidly expanding disk-shaped regions of luminosity, lasting less than a thousandth of a second, which occur high above energetic cloud-to-ground lightning of positive or negative polarity.

  • intervene

    to come between disputing people, groups, etc.; intercede; mediate.
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