Mushroom meaning in English

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Definition

a (magic) mushroom: a (hallucinogenic) edible fungus (shiitake, chanterelle, morel, etc.) noun
a mushroom cloud a large mushroom-shaped cloud produced by a nuclear explosion

Examples

  • "Mushroom and ricotta parcels V"
  • "Venison and mushroom pie with port"
  • "Fancy mushroom thing with ostrich eggs and bacon"
  • "Also, I'll pick up a pizza with extra mushrooms for you."
  • "A closet containing various psychedelic drugs (mescaline, mushrooms, and some unidentified leaves - later found to be highly psychoactive), a large pipe, and a number of animal bones."
Exercise 1
Icarus remarks that the bank is "humongous".
He is expressing that the bank is .
Icarus remarks that the bank is "humongous".
He is expressing that the bank is very big.
very big: This is correct. The adjective "humongous" means "very big", "enormous", or "huge". Icarus is expressing that the bank he and Bruno are visiting is "giant" or "immense".
fancy: Although it seems clear from both Icarus and Bruno's comments that the offices of Huckster and Hoodwink are "fancy" (or elegant, even ostentatious), this is not the meaning of the term which Icarus uses. "Humongous" means "enormous" or "immense".
ostentatious: Although it seems clear from both Icarus and Bruno's comments that the offices of Huckster and Hoodwink are "ostentatious", this is not the meaning of the term which Icarus uses. "Humongous" means "enormous" or "immense".
intimidating: Although Icarus might have been intimidated by both his experience in the rest room, as well as the bank building itself, this is not the meaning of the term he uses (humongous).
shaped like a mushroom: "Humongous" does sound a little bit like "fungus", however the two terms aren't related. A mushroom is is an edible fungus.

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