mushroom cloud

English

Noun

A closeup of the fireball and mushroom cloud from the Upshot-Knothole Grable atomic bomb.

mushroom cloud (plural mushroom clouds)

1. A large cloud of smoke, flame and debris that rises into the sky as a result of a large explosion, especially after a nuclear explosion, characterized by a long shaft rising from the ground into a much larger or more spread out top, reminiscent of a mushroom in shape.

Translations

mushroom shaped cloud

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 蘑菇雲 (zh), 蘑菇云 (zh) (móguyún)

• Czech: atomový hřib
• Danish: paddehatsky c, paddehattesky c
• Dutch: paddenstoelwolk f
• Finnish: sienipilvi (fi)
• French: nuage en champignon m

• German: Atompilz (de) m (after a nuclear explosion), Pilzwolke (de) f, Rauchpilz (de) m
• Japanese: 茸雲 (きのこぐも, kinokogumo)
• Mongolian: мөөг хэлбэртэй үүл (möög helbertej üül)
• Polish: grzyb (pl) m
• Portuguese: nuvem de cogumelo f, nuvem cogumelo f, nuvem em cogumelo f
• Spanish: nube de hongo f