CUMULONIMBUS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: cumulonimbi   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A dark cloud of great vertical extent charged with electricity; associated with thunderstorms

Synonyms:

cumulonimbus; cumulonimbus cloud; thundercloud

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("cumulonimbus" is a kind of...):

cloud (a visible mass of water or ice particles suspended at a considerable altitude)

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