'mushroom cloud' definitions:

Definition of 'mushroom cloud'

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noun
A large cloud of rubble and dust shaped like a mushroom and rising into the sky after an explosion (especially of a nuclear bomb) [syn: mushroom, mushroom cloud, mushroom-shaped cloud]

Definition of 'mushroom cloud'

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]

Synonyms of 'mushroom cloud'

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