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Noun: mushroom cloud  músh-room klawd
  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)
    - mushroom, mushroom-shaped cloud

Derived forms: mushroom clouds

Type of: cloud

Encyclopedia: Mushroom cloud