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How to pronounce “thunder”

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Pronunciation guide for thunder

Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of thunder with real speech in context.
Available examples: 8 YouTube examples
Real speech example: Can We Recreate the Voice of a 3,000-Year-Old Mummy?If you can only hear the high end because there's rumbles of thunder
Definition summary: The loud rumbling, cracking, or crashing sound caused by expansion of rapidly heated air around a lightning bolt.

Example 1 of 8

Can We Recreate the Voice of a 3,000-Year-Old Mummy?

If you can only hear the high end because there's rumbles of thunder

[Noun]
The loud rumbling, cracking, or crashing sound caused by expansion of rapidly heated air around a lightning bolt.
A deep, rumbling noise resembling thunder.
An alarming or startling threat or denunciation.
(obsolete) The discharge of electricity; a thunderbolt.
(literature) Synonym of thunder word.
[Verb]
(impersonal) To produce thunder; to sound, rattle, or roar, as a discharge of atmospheric electricity.
(intransitive) To make a noise like thunder.
(ergative) To (make something) move very fast (with loud noise).
(intransitive, transitive) To say (something) with a loud, threatening voice.
To produce something with incredible power.

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