Usually means: Flat, expansive top; thunderstorm cloud.
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  1. anvil cloud: Merriam-Webster
  2. anvil cloud: Collins English Dictionary
  3. anvil cloud: Wiktionary
  4. anvil cloud: Dictionary.com
  5. Anvil cloud: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. anvil cloud: Merriam-Webster

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  1. anvil cloud: Encyclopedia

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  1. Glossary of Meteorology (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (anvil cloud)

noun:  A tall thundercloud (cumulonimbus) whose top has reached the tropopause and become flat, creating a characteristic shape likened to an anvil.

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