mushroom
- noun
- /ˈmʌʃruːm/
- I'll follow the mushroom cloud!
- mushroom cloud
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Examples
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The almost horribly beautiful mushroom cloud ballooned up into the heavens.
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Looking up, the neighbors watched as a small mushroom cloud rose, unsettlingly, over the Wilsons' yard.
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This whole place is going up, mushroom cloud and all.
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All he can see is a mushroom cloud.
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The monitor shows the night vision picture of the growing mushroom cloud rising above the city.
Fiction book (1996) -
We could fly through a mushroom cloud completely unharmed if necessary.
Fiction book (1997) -
If the submarine is attacked, or if the missile is detonated prematurely, this entire ocean goes up in a mushroom cloud.
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The image momentarily flickered, only to fade into indistinct gray scales when the signature mushroom cloud formed.
Academic text (2016) -
The monitor shows the night vision picture of the growing mushroom cloud rising above the city.
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The almost horribly beautiful mushroom cloud ballooned up into the heavens.
Synonyms
A large cloud that rises after a big explosion and looks like a mushroom
A large cloud shaped like a mushroom that rises after a powerful explosion
Compounds
A mushroom cap filled with a tasty mix like cheese or meat usually cooked in an oven
A thick smooth soup that people make from mushrooms and milk or cream and use in casseroles
A soft grey mushroom that grows in flat clusters on dead wood and is used in cooking
- Indian
A small mushroom you can eat with a white cap and long stem used in Asian cooking
A large cloud shaped like a mushroom that rises after a powerful explosion
- NSFW
A mushroom used in religious ceremonies that makes people see or feel things
A mushroom from East Asia used in cooking with a dark cap and a tough, inedible stem
An edible mushroom with a smooth orange or brown cap and a velvety stalk that grows in clusters
- NSFW
A gathering where people eat mushrooms to see or feel things that are not real
A honey-colored edible mushroom that grows near tree roots in late summer and autumn and must be cooked before eating
An edible mushroom with a tall stalk and a round cap that grows in woods in autumn
A white, jelly-like food often sold dried and used in East Asian soups and desserts
- Specialized
A hard coral with a flat, round body that usually sits alone on the sea floor
- Specialized
A heavy metal device with a bowl-shaped head that digs into soft sea floor to hold boats
A mushroom you can eat that grows in clusters in sandy soil under cottonwood trees
A mushroom you can eat with a soft, sponge-like head covered in pits and ridges
- Specialized
A pale mushroom with a saddle-shaped cap and a stalk with lines and small holes
An edible East Asian mushroom used in cooking with a golden to dark brown cap and a stem not eaten
- Specialized
A green mold that grows on mushroom tops and makes them not safe to eat
A large mushroom you can eat with a hollow stem and a broad white cap found in grasslands
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A mushroom with a pointed cap like a house roof that grows in damp places in early summer
- Specialized
A woody mushroom with many small tubes or holes under it that hold spores
- Specialized
A white, soft growth that lives on dead wood and decaying plants in damp places
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Etymology
The word mushroom is used for the big cloud after an explosion because the cloud looks like a giant mushroom with a round 'cap' on top. So a mushroom cloud is named after the shape of the fungus.