English-Dutch translations for mushroom
Definition of mushroom
- Any of the fleshy fruiting bodies of fungi typically produced above ground on soil or on their food sources (such as decaying wood
- A fungus producing such fruiting bodies
- Any of the mushroom-shaped pegs in bar billiards
- One who rises suddenly from a low condition in life; an upstart
- Something that grows very quickly or seems to appear suddenly
- Having characteristics like those of a mushroom, for example in shape or appearance, speed of growth, or texture
- To grow quickly to a large size
- To gather mushrooms
- To form the shape of a mushroom when striking a soft target
Examples
- Some mushrooms are edible and taste good, while others are poisonous and taste foul
- mushroom cloud
- The town’s population mushroomed from 10,000 to 110,000 in five years
- We used to go mushrooming in the forest every weekend
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