| Engelsk > Engelsk |
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| mushroom |
| 1. n. Any of the fleshy fruiting bodies of fungi typically produced above ground on soil or on their food sources (such as decaying wood). |
| Some mushrooms are edible and taste good, while others are poisonous and taste foul. |
| 2. n. A fungus producing such fruiting bodies. |
| 3. n. Champignon or Agaricus bisporus, the mushroom species most commonly used in cooking. |
| 4. n. One of the mushroom-shaped pegs in bar billiards. |
| 5. n. (obsolete, figurative) One who rises suddenly from a low condition in life; an upstart. |
| 6. n. (figurative) Something that grows very quickly or seems to appear suddenly. |
| 7. adj. Having characteristics like those of a mushroom, for example in shape or appearance, speed of growth, or texture. |
| mushroom cloud |
| 8. v. (intransitive) To grow quickly to a large size. |
| The town’s population mushroomed from 10,000 to 110,000 in five years. |
| 9. v. To gather mushrooms. |
| We used to go mushrooming in the forest every weekend. |
| 10. v. (ballistics, of a bullet) To form the shape of a mushroom when striking a soft target. |
| Svenska > Engelsk |
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| svamp |
| 1. n-c. mushroom |
| 2. n-c. fungus |
| 3. n-c. sponge (piece of porous material used for washing) |
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