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mush·room
 mushroom
- pronunciation:
- muhsh
rum
- parts of speech:
- noun, adjective, intransitive verb
- features:
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
any of numerous edible or poisonous fungi, usu. with a fleshy, umbrella-shaped cap on a thin stalk.
- similar words:
- champignon, fungoid, fungus, morel, puffball, toadstool, truffle
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| definition 2: |
something that has the shape of a mushroom or a mushroom cap.
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| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
of or containing mushrooms.
mushroom soup |
| definition 2: |
like a mushroom in shape or rapidity of growth and decay.
a mushroom cloud |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| inflections: |
mushroomed, mushrooming, mushrooms |
| definition 1: |
to appear, grow, spread, or develop quickly, like a mushroom.
Video rental stores are mushrooming all over town.- synonyms:
- burgeon, proliferate, snowball, sprout
- similar words:
- appear, boom, emerge, flourish, grow, spring
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| definition 2: |
to take on the shape of a mushroom, esp. as a cloud from a nuclear explosion.
- similar words:
- expand, puff, spread, swell
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| definition 3: |
to hunt for wild mushrooms.
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| related words: |
burgeon, enlarge, increase, wax |
| derivation: |
mushroomlike (adj.) |
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