MUSHROOM-SHAPED CLOUD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mushroom-shaped cloud mean? 

• MUSHROOM-SHAPED CLOUD (noun)
  The noun MUSHROOM-SHAPED CLOUD has 1 sense:

1. a large cloud of rubble and dust shaped like a mushroom and rising into the sky after an explosion (especially of a nuclear bomb)

  Familiarity information: MUSHROOM-SHAPED CLOUD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MUSHROOM-SHAPED CLOUD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A large cloud of rubble and dust shaped like a mushroom and rising into the sky after an explosion (especially of a nuclear bomb)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Synonyms:

mushroom; mushroom-shaped cloud; mushroom cloud

Hypernyms ("mushroom-shaped cloud" is a kind of...):

cloud (any collection of particles (e.g., smoke or dust) or gases that is visible)