"thundercloud" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: thunderclouds [plural]
Etymology: thunder + cloud Etymology templates: {{compound|en|thunder|cloud}} thunder + cloud Head templates: {{en-noun}} thundercloud (plural thunderclouds)
  1. (meteorology) A large, dark cloud, usually a cumulonimbus, charged with electricity and producing thunder and lightning; a storm cloud. Categories (topical): Meteorology, Clouds Translations (cloud): سَحَاب رَاعِد (saḥāb rāʕid) (english: collective or in general) [masculine] (Arabic), سَحَابَة رَاعِدَة (saḥāba rāʕida) [feminine] (Arabic), رَاعِدَة (rāʕida) (english: one) [feminine] (Arabic), 雷雲 (Chinese Mandarin), 雷云 (léiyún) (Chinese Mandarin), tordensky [common-gender] (Danish), ковол (kovol) (Erzya), ukkospilvi (Finnish), Gewitterwolke [feminine] (German), viharfelhő (Hungarian), ukontuuca (Ingrian), jyrypilvi (Ingrian), tordensky [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), грозова́я (grozovája) [feminine] (Russian), nubarrón [masculine] (Spanish), åskmoln [neuter] (Swedish), fırtına bulutu (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-thundercloud-en-noun-ntF~idYp Disambiguation of Clouds: 88 12 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 96 4 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 97 3 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 96 4 Topics: climatology, meteorology, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'cloud': 100 0
  2. (by extension, figurative) Something menacing and brooding. Tags: broadly, figuratively Translations (something menacing and brooding): ukkospilvi (Finnish), viharfelő (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-thundercloud-en-noun-3kkdj1IL Disambiguation of 'something menacing and brooding': 2 98

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