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mushroom

noun verb

Fleshy body of any of numerous edible fungi

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Word length
8
Starts with
M
Ends with
M
Contains
US
Scrabble score
15
CEFR level
A2

How it sounds

Pronunciation

ˈmʌʃˌɹuːm

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Meaning

Definitions

noun

  1. Fleshy body of any of numerous edible fungi

noun

  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)

noun

  1. Any of various fleshy fungi of the subdivision Basidiomycota consisting of a cap at the end of a stem arising from an underground mycelium

noun

  1. Mushrooms and related fleshy fungi (including toadstools, puffballs, morels, coral fungi, etc.)

noun

  1. Common name for an edible agaric (contrasting with the inedible toadstool)

verb

  1. Grow and spread fast

    “The problem mushroomed”

verb

  1. Pick or gather mushrooms

    “We went mushrooming in the Fall”

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Example Sentences

The problem mushroomed
We went mushrooming in the Fall

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