thunderstorm

A2 Topic:Weather & Climate

Also spelled thunder-storm

US /ˈθʌn.dɚˌstɔɹm/ UK /ˈθʌn.dəˌstɔːm/
noun Freq #21536

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    A storm with thunder, lightning, and usually heavy rain.

    We stayed indoors during the thunderstorm.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 noun · a storm with thunder,... electrical stormlightning storm
Word family
Forms thunderstorms

Etymology

From thunder + storm.

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