mushroom cloud

Other forms: mushroom clouds

Definitions of mushroom cloud
  1. noun
    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
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    type of:
    cloud
    any collection of particles (e.g., smoke or dust) or gases that is visible
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