Online dictionaryOnline dictionary
Synonyms, antonyms, pronunciation

  Home 		English Dictionary      examples: 'day', 'get rid of', 'New York Bay'




Mushroom cloud   /mˈəʃrum klaʊd/   Listen
Mushroom cloud

noun
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).  Synonyms: mushroom, mushroom-shaped cloud.





WordNet 3.0 © 2010 Princeton University


Advanced search
     Find words:
Starting with
Ending with
Containing
Matching a pattern  

Synonyms
Antonyms
Quotes
Words linked to  

only single words


Share |
Add this dictionary
to your browser search bar




"Mushroom cloud" Quotes from Famous Books



... one. Someone's got to go down there and clamp some plastic blocks in the right place on the pile housing. Even then, there's the chance that she might blow in the wrong direction and the whole shebang will go up in big, fat mushroom cloud." ...
— The Thirst Quenchers • Rick Raphael


Words linked to "Mushroom cloud" :   cloud, mushroom-shaped cloud


Copyright © 2024 Dictionary One.com