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mushroom cloud

mush·room cloud
M m

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [muhsh-room, -roo m kloud]
    • /ˈmʌʃ rum, -rʊm klaʊd/
    • /ˈmʌʃ.ruːm klaʊd/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [muhsh-room, -roo m kloud]
    • /ˈmʌʃ rum, -rʊm klaʊd/

Definitions of mushroom cloud words

  • noun mushroom cloud mushroom (def 4). 1
  • noun mushroom cloud cloud of smoke from a nuclear bomb 1
  • countable noun mushroom cloud A mushroom cloud is an extremely large cloud caused by a nuclear explosion. 0
  • noun mushroom cloud the large mushroom-shaped cloud of dust, debris, etc produced by a nuclear explosion 0
See all 4 definitions of mushroom cloud

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Origin of mushroom cloud

First appearance:

before 1940
One of the 7% newest English words
First recorded in 1940-45

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Parts of speech for Mushroom cloud

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Mushroom cloud

mushroom cloud popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 5% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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Synonyms for mushroom cloud

noun mushroom cloud

  • fallout — the settling to the ground of airborne particles ejected into the atmosphere from the earth by explosions, eruptions, forest fires, etc., especially such settling from nuclear explosions (radioactive fallout) Compare rainout.
Just one Synonym for mushroom cloud

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