About The Word Mash
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What's The Definition Of Mash?
[n] mixture of ground animal feeds
[n] a mixture of mashed malt grains and hot water; used in brewing [v] reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading; "grind the spices in a mortar"; "mash the garlic" [v] talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions; "The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries"; "My husband never flirts with other women" [v] to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition; "crush an aluminum can"; "squeeze a lemon" Synonyms | Synonyms for Mash: bray | butterfly | chat up | comminute | coquet | coquette | crunch | crush | dally | flirt | grind | philander | romance | squash | squeeze | squelch Related Terms | Find terms related to Mash: abrade | alfresco meal | all sorts | assemblage | assortment | atomize | barbecue | barley | bear | beat | bird seed | bran | bray | breakfast | brecciate | broad spectrum | bruise | brunch | buffet supper | butter | calf love | case | cat food | cataplasm | chew | chicken feed | chop | clambake | clutter | coffee break | comminute | conglomeration | contriturate | cookout | corn | crowd | crumb | crumble | crush | cushion | dental pulp | diner | dinner | disintegrate | dog food | ease | eatage | elevenses | ensilage | feed | fish fry | flour | fluff | fodder | forage | fragment | gallimaufry | gentle | grain | granulate | granulize | grate | grind | grind to powder | hash | hay | high tea | hodgepodge | hot luncheon | hotchpot | hotchpotch | hugger-mugger | infatuation | jam | jumble | jungle | knead | laxate | levigate | limber | limber up | litter | loosen | lunch | luncheon | macerate | magpie | massage | masticate | meal | meat breakfast | medley | melange | mellow | mess | milden | mill | mingle-mangle | miscellany | mishmash | mix | mixed bag | mollify | muddle | mush | oats | odds and ends | olio | olla podrida | omnium-gatherum | paper pulp | pash | passing fancy | paste | pasticcio | pastiche | pasturage | pasture | patchwork | pestle | pet food | petit dejeuner | picnic | pith | plaster | plump | porridge | potpourri | poultice | pound | powder | provender | pudding | pulp | pulp lead | pulpify | pulpwood | pulverize | puppy love | push | rag pulp | reduce to powder | relax | rummage | salad | salmagundi | sauce | scramble | scratch | scratch feed | scrunch | shake up | shard | shred | silage | slops | smash | soften | soften up | sponge | squab | squash | squeeze | squish | stew | straw | subdue | sulfate pulp | sulfite pulp | supper | supple | swill | tea | tea break | teatime | tenderize | tiffin | tone down | triturate | tumble | tune down | TV dinner | what you will | wheat | white lead | wiener roast | wienie roast | wood pulp See Also | break up | chicken feed | feed | fragment | fragmentise | fragmentize | mill | pestle | press | provender | pulp | scratch | sour mash | speak | stamp | steamroller | suspension | talk | telescope | tread | vamp | wanton | wring Mash In Webster's Dictionary \Mash\, n.
A mesh. [Obs.]
\Mash\, n. [Akin to G. meisch, maisch, meische, maische, mash, wash, and prob. to AS. miscian to mix. See {Mix}.] 1. A mass of mixed ingredients reduced to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure; a mass of anything in a soft pulpy state. Specifically (Brewing), ground or bruised malt, or meal of rye, wheat, corn, or other grain (or a mixture of malt and meal) steeped and stirred in hot water for making the wort. 2. A mixture of meal or bran and water fed to animals. 3. A mess; trouble. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl. {Mash tun}, a large tub used in making mash and wort. \Mash\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mashed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Mashing}.] [Akin to G. meischen, maischen, to mash, mix, and prob. to mischen, E. mix. See 2d {Mash}.] To convert into a mash; to reduce to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure; to bruise; to crush; as, to mash apples in a mill, or potatoes with a pestle. Specifically (Brewing), to convert, as malt, or malt and meal, into the mash which makes wort. {Mashing tub}, a tub for making the mash in breweries and distilleries; -- called also {mash tun}, and {mash vat}. |
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