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- pronunciation:
- maesh
- parts of speech:
- noun, transitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun, verb), Word Explorer
part of speech: |
noun |
definition 1: |
crushed malt or grain meal mixed with water, as for brewing or distilling alcoholic beverages.
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definition 2: |
a mixture of grain, meal, or the like in hot water, to be fed to farm animals.
We mixed the medicine into the pigs' mash.- similar words:
- feed, gruel, mush, oatmeal, pap, porridge, pudding, slops, swill
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definition 3: |
any soft, pulpy mixture, esp. one that includes crushed or ground ingredients.
- synonyms:
- mush, paste, purée
- similar words:
- glop, gook, hash, pulp, slop
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part of speech: |
transitive verb |
inflections: |
mashes, mashing, mashed |
definition 1: |
to crush or smash.
The closing door mashed her finger.- synonyms:
- jam, smash
- similar words:
- crunch, crush, press
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definition 2: |
to make into a soft mass by crushing or grinding.
This implement will mash potatoes.- synonyms:
- pulp, purée, squash
- similar words:
- blend, crush, masticate, mix
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related words: |
break, crumb |
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