Mushroom - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈmʌʃrʊm|
Brit.
|ˈmʌʃruːm|
noun
- common name for an edible agaric (contrasting with the inedible toadstool)
- mushrooms and related fleshy fungi (including toadstools, puffballs, morels, coral fungi, etc.)
- any of various fleshy fungi of the subdivision Basidiomycota consisting of a cap at the end of a stem arising from an underground mycelium
- a large cloud of rubble and dust shaped like a mushroom and rising into the sky after an explosion (especially of a nuclear bomb)
- fleshy body of any of numerous edible fungi
- mushrooms and related fleshy fungi (including toadstools, puffballs, morels, coral fungi, etc.)
- any of various fleshy fungi of the subdivision Basidiomycota consisting of a cap at the end of a stem arising from an underground mycelium
- a large cloud of rubble and dust shaped like a mushroom and rising into the sky after an explosion (especially of a nuclear bomb)
- fleshy body of any of numerous edible fungi
verb
- pick or gather mushrooms
We went mushrooming in the Fall
- grow and spread fastThe problem mushroomed
Extra examples
Interest in local history is suddenly mushrooming.
Her hobby mushroomed into a thriving business.
He goes mushrooming in the spring every year.
New housing developments mushroomed on the edge of town.
We went mushrooming in the Fall
The problem mushroomed
He was able to correctly identify the mushroom.
...this unceasing rain will turn me into a mushroom!...
The biologist assigned the mushroom to the proper class
Word forms
verb
I/you/we/they: mushroom
he/she/it: mushrooms
present participle: mushrooming
past tense: mushroomed
past participle: mushroomed
I/you/we/they: mushroom
he/she/it: mushrooms
present participle: mushrooming
past tense: mushroomed
past participle: mushroomed
noun
singular: mushroom
plural: mushrooms
singular: mushroom
plural: mushrooms
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