thunderstorm
- noun
- A2
- Top 10000
A short period of bad weather with heavy rain, loud crashing sounds from the sky and sudden flashes of light.
A thunderstorm broke out just as the concert was about to start.
Afternoon thunderstorms are quite common here in the middle of summer.
Our flight was delayed two hours because of a thunderstorm.
We watched the thunderstorm from the kitchen window with hot tea.
Common collocations: a violent thunderstorm · thunderstorms are forecast · be caught in a thunderstorm · a thunderstorm breaks · during a thunderstorm
Part of: Weather
Forms
- plural
- thunderstorms