'Mushroom anchor' definitions:
Definition of 'mushroom anchor'
From: WordNet
noun
An anchor used for semipermanent moorings; has a bowl- shaped head that will dig in however it falls
Definition of 'Mushroom anchor'
From: GCIDE
- Mushroom \Mush"room\, a.
- 1. Of or pertaining to mushrooms; as, mushroom catchup. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Resembling mushrooms in rapidity of growth and shortness of duration; short-lived; ephemerial; as, mushroom cities. [1913 Webster]
- Mushroom anchor, an anchor shaped like a mushroom, capable of grasping the ground in whatever way it falls.
- Mushroom coral (Zool.), any coral of the genus Fungia. See Fungia.
- Mushroom spawn (Bot.), the mycelium, or primary filamentous growth, of the mushroom; also, cakes of earth and manure containing this growth, which are used for propagation of the mushroom.
- mushroom cloud, a cloud of smoke rising and then spreading laterally to take on the shape of a mushroom -- caused by large fires or explosions, esp. nuclear explosions. [1913 Webster +PJC]