cumulonimbus

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Pronunciation

/ˌkjuː.mjʊ.ləʊˈnɪm.bəs/ (UK)

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/ˌkjuː.mjʊ.ləʊˈnɪm.bəs/ (UK) · /ˌkju.mjə.loʊˈnɪm.bəs/ (US)

Definition of cumulonimbus

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noun

A cloud with a tall structure and flat base, often associated with thunderstorms.

“The one to the east (which at the moment seemed to be leaping straight out of the heart of a sinister slaty-purple patch of cumulonimbus) drained the Lake of the Hanging Glaciers; that to the west a desolate rock and ice-walled valley which was rimmed by some of the highest summits in the Selkirks.”

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From Latin cumulus (“heap”) + nimbus (“cloud”).

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