mash

English

/mæʃ/

noun
Definitions
  • (uncountable) A mass of mixed ingredients reduced to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure; a mass of anything in a soft pulpy state.
  • (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.
  • mashed Mashed potatoes.
  • A mixture of meal or bran and water fed to animals.
  • (obsolete) A mess; trouble.
  • (countable) A gun.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English mash inherited from Old English mǣsc-, mæsc inherited from Proto-Germanic *maiskaz derived from Proto-Indo-European *meyǵ-, *meyḱ- (mix, knead).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*meyḱ-

Gloss

mix, knead

Concept
Semantic Field

Food and drink

Ontological Category

Action/Process

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