mushroom

noun

/ˈmʌʃrʊm/, /ˈmʌʃruːm/

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a fungus with a round flat head and short stem. Many mushrooms can be eaten.
- a field mushroom (= the most common type that is eaten, often just called a ‘mushroom’, and often grown to be sold)
- fried mushrooms
- cream of mushroom soup
- Slice the mushrooms and add to the salad.
- They went into the woods to pick wild mushrooms.
see also button mushroom, magic mushroom, oyster mushroom, toadstoolTopics Fooda2, Plants and treesa2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- edible
- poisonous
- cultivated
- …
verb + mushroom
- cultivate
- grow
- pick
- …
mushroom + noun
- cap
- omelette
- risotto
- …
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Word Originlate Middle English (originally denoting any fungus having a fleshy fruiting body): from Old French mousseron, from late Latin mussirio(n-).

mushroom

verb

/ˈmʌʃrʊm/, /ˈmʌʃruːm/

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they mushroom	/ˈmʌʃrʊm/, /ˈmʌʃruːm/ /ˈmʌʃrʊm/, /ˈmʌʃruːm/
he / she / it mushrooms	/ˈmʌʃrʊmz/, /ˈmʌʃruːmz/ /ˈmʌʃrʊmz/, /ˈmʌʃruːmz/
past simple mushroomed	/ˈmʌʃrʊmd/, /ˈmʌʃruːmd/ /ˈmʌʃrʊmd/, /ˈmʌʃruːmd/
past participle mushroomed	/ˈmʌʃrʊmd/, /ˈmʌʃruːmd/ /ˈmʌʃrʊmd/, /ˈmʌʃruːmd/
-ing form mushrooming	/ˈmʌʃrʊmɪŋ/, /ˈmʌʃruːmɪŋ/ /ˈmʌʃrʊmɪŋ/, /ˈmʌʃruːmɪŋ/

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[intransitive] to rapidly grow or increase in number
- We expect the market to mushroom in the next two years.
- Suppliers have mushroomed to meet the demand.
(usually go mushrooming)
[intransitive] to gather mushrooms in a field or wood

Word Originlate Middle English (originally denoting any fungus having a fleshy fruiting body): from Old French mousseron, from late Latin mussirio(n-).