Thunderstorm Definition

thŭndər-stôrm
thunderstorms
noun
thunderstorms
A storm accompanied by thunder and lightning.
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The basis for a thunderstorm’s development is that the ground heats up and creates rising hot air. Air that is warmer than the surrounding air will rise.
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The humid, rising air will condense and form droplets.
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As the air cools and the water condenses, this causes a release of heat energy inside the storm, and a low pressure area under the storm which continues the cycle of rising air and condensation.
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When the storm's air cannot rise any higher, the water droplets start to merge with one another, the clouds become heavier, and water begins to freeze. The ice will return to rain as it falls and melts.
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Other Word Forms of Thunderstorm

Noun

Singular:
thunderstorm
Plural:
thunderstorms

Origin of Thunderstorm

Thunderstorm Sentence Examples

  • She shook like a leaf in a thunderstorm, her warm brown eyes wide and tears streaming down her cheeks.

  • The number of thunderstorm days is probably a less exact measure of the relative intensity of thunderstorms than statistics as to the number of persons killed annually by lightning per million of the population.

  • At first she thought it was the thunderstorm she'd fallen asleep listening to.

  • The heavy thunderstorm went on well into the night.

  • Thus the rising of the sun, a thunderstorm, an earthquake are natural "phenomena."

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Words Starting With

TTHTHU

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MRMORM

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