storm
/stɔːm/noun
A heavy fall of precipitation (hail, rain, or snow) or bout of lightning and thunder without strong winds; a hail storm, rainstorm, snowstorm, or thunderstorm.
Example sentence
- “The proposed reforms have led to a political storm.”
Related words
thunderThe loud rumbling, cracking, or crashing sound caused by expansion of rapidly heated air around a lightning bolt.weatherThe short term state of the atmosphere at a specific time and place, including the temperature, relative humidity, cloud cover, precipitation, wind, etc.lightningA flash of light produced by short-duration, high-voltage discharge of electricity within a cloud, between clouds, or between a cloud and the earth.islandA contiguous area of land, smaller than a continent, totally surrounded by water.rainbowA multicoloured arch in the sky, produced by prismatic refraction of light within droplets of rain in the air.valleyAn elongated depression cast between hills or mountains, often with a river flowing through it.