mushroom-shaped cloud

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

   Synonymsmushroommushroom cloud

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Questions about mushroom-shaped cloud

What does mushroom-shaped cloud mean?

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

What is another word for mushroom-shaped cloud?

Close synonyms include mushroom, mushroom cloud. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.