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mushroom clouds

mushroom clouds is the plural of mushroom cloud.

Meaning of mushroom cloud

Noun

mushroom cloud (plural mushroom clouds)

  1. 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.
    • This is Radio Clash underneath a mushroom cloud1981, “This Is Radio Clash”, performed by The Clash

Questions about mushroom clouds

What is mushroom clouds the plural of?
Mushroom clouds is the plural of mushroom cloud.

Words near mushroom clouds in the dictionary

  1. mushroom bodies
  2. mushroom body
  3. mushroom brush
  4. mushroom brushes
  5. mushroom cloud
  6. mushroom clouds
  7. mushroom coral
  8. mushroom cut
  9. mushroom cuts
  10. mushroom haircut
  11. mushroom haircuts

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