Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mashing

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.50 in modern English

Syllables: mash-ing
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of mash

noun

The process by which something is mashed or beaten to pulp.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The action of soaking malted barley etc., in order to convert starch into sugars as part of the brewing process.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The process of preparing tea in a teapot.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"In the culinary process, there are none of those peelings and washings as in the case of potatoes and turnips, […] none of those squeezings and mashings and choppings, before the worthless mess can be got upon the table."
"More hot water is added, and the mashing process repeated, until the grain has been wholly deprived of its saccharine matter, which is generally accomplished by three, or at the most, four mashings[…]"

Usage

Inflected Forms

mashings (plural)

Phrases

button mashing

Questions

What does mashing mean?: present participle and gerund of mash

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