Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mushroom cloud

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.57 in modern English

Syllables: mush-room -cloud
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A large cloud of smoke, flame and debris that rises into the sky as a result of a large explosion, especially after a nuclear explosion, characterized by a long shaft rising from the ground into a much-larger or more-spread-out top, reminiscent of a mushroom in shape.

Example Sentences

"This is Radio Clash underneath a mushroom cloud"
"It's Christmas at ground zero / There's panic in the crowd / We can dodge debris / While we trim the tree / Underneath a mushroom cloud"

Inflected Forms

mushroom clouds (plural)

Synonyms

mushroom mushroom-shaped cloud

Questions

What does mushroom cloud mean?: A large cloud of smoke, flame and debris that rises into the sky as a result of a large explosion, especially after a nuclear explosion, characterized by a long shaft rising from the ground into a much-larger or more-spread-out top, reminiscent of a mushroom in shape.

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