mushroom
- noun
- A2
- Top 5000
A soft round-topped growth on a short stem that appears in damp places and is often cooked and eaten.
We fried some mushrooms with garlic and served them on toast.
Wild mushrooms grow best in damp woods after a few rainy days.
She picked the mushrooms off her pizza and left them aside.
Never eat a mushroom unless you are completely sure about it.
Common collocations: wild mushrooms · button mushrooms · mushroom soup · pick mushrooms · fried mushrooms · poisonous mushroom
Part of: Vegetables, Cooking
Forms
- plural
- mushrooms