mash
/mæʃ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.55 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A mass of mixed ingredients reduced to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure; a mass of anything in a soft pulpy state.
Uncountable
noun
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.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "For your vows and oaths, Or I doubt mainly, I shall be i' the mash " too"
- "We had fun mashing apples in a mill."
- "The potatoes need to be mashed."
- "He took the kettle off the fire and mashed the tea."
- "to mash on a bicycle pedal"
- "“What's the yarn about your mashing a Miss Haverley up there? Not serious, I hope?”"
Etymology
From Middle English mash, from Old English mǣsċ, māsċ, māx, from Proto-Germanic *maiskaz, *maiskō (“mixture, mash”), from Proto-Indo-European *meyǵ-, *meyḱ- (“to mix”). Akin to German Meisch, Maische (“mash”), (compare meischen, maischen (“to mash, wash”)), Swedish mäsk (“mash”), and to Old English miscian (“to mix”). See mix.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *meyḱ-, mash, mǣsċ, *maiskaz, *meyǵ-, mashen
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /mæʃ/
- British English: /mæʃ/
Usage
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in Food.