mush

English

/mʌʃ/, /mʊʃ/, /mʌʃ/, /mʌʃ/, /mʌʃ/, /mʊʃ/

noun
Definitions
  • A somewhat liquid mess, often of food; a soft or semisolid substance.
  • (radio) A mixture of noise produced by the harmonics of continuous continuous-wave stations.
  • (surfing) The foam of a breaker.
  • A magmatic body containing a significant proportion of crystals suspended in the liquid phase or melt.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English mos (pulp, mush, porridge) inherited from Old English mōs (victuals, food, porridge, mush, bog, marsh) inherited from *mōs (porridge, victuals, wet food) inherited from Proto-Germanic *mōsą (porridge, food, mush) derived from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d- (wet, meet, fat, come, drip, encounter, ooze, grease, well-fed, glossy, dripping, approach, be wet).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*meh₂d-

Gloss

wet, meet, fat, come, drip, encounter, ooze, grease, well-fed, glossy, dripping, approach, be wet

Concept
Semantic Field

Sense perception

Ontological Category

Property

Kanji

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