MUSHROOM CLOUD: Dictionary Entry and Meaning

Pronunciation:			'mushroom klawd
WordNet Dictionary
	Definition:		[n]  a large cloud of rubble and dust shaped like a mushroom and rising into the sky after an explosion (especially of a nuclear bomb)
	Synonyms:		mushroom, mushroom-shaped cloud
	See Also:		cloud
Thesaurus Terms
	Related Terms:		A-blast, A-bomb shelter, airborne radioactivity, alto-cumulus, alto-stratus, anvil cloud, atom blast, banner cloud, billowy cloud, blast wave, cap cloud, cirro-cumulus, cirro-fillum, cirro-nebula, cirro-stratus, cirro-velum, cirrus, cirrus cloud, cirrus haze, cirrus stripe, cloud, cloud band, cloud bank, cloud drift, cloud mass, cloud street, Cloudcuckooland, cloudland, cloudling, cloudscape, cocktail, cottony cloud, cumulo-cirro-stratus, cumulo-cirrus, cumulo-nimbus, cumulo-stratus, cumulus, cumulus cloud, curl cloud, dust cloud, fallout, fallout shelter, fission particles, flash burn, fleecy cloud, fractocumulus, ground zero, H-blast, high fog, hydrogen blast, Mach front, mackerel sky, mammatocumulus, nimbus, nimbus cloud, radioactive dust, rain cloud, scud, snail cloud, squall cloud, storm cloud, strato-cumulus, stratus, stratus cloud, thundercloud, thunderhead, water carrier, woolpack