Associations to the word «Mash»

Wiktionary

MASH, noun. (obsolete) A mesh
MASH, noun. (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.
MASH, noun. In 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.
MASH, noun. Mashed potatoes.
MASH, noun. A mixture of meal or bran and water fed to animals.
MASH, noun. (obsolete): A mess; trouble.
MASH, verb. (transitive) To convert into a mash; to reduce to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure; to bruise; to crush; as, to mash apples in a mill, or potatoes with a pestle. Specifically (Brewing), to convert, as malt, or malt and meal, into the mash which makes wort.
MASH, verb. (transitive) To press down hard (on).
MASH, verb. (transitive) (southern US) (informal) to press.
MASH, verb. (transitive) (UK) To prepare a cup of tea (in a teapot), alternative to brew; used mainly in Northern England
MASH, verb. To flirt, to make eyes, to make romantic advances
MASH, noun. (obsolete) an infatuation, a crush, a fancy
MASH, noun. (obsolete) a dandy, a masher
MASH, noun. (obsolete) the object of one’s affections (either sex)
MASH, acronym. Mobile Army Surgical Hospital
MASH NOTE, noun. A love letter
MASH NOTE, noun. Gushing praise
MASH NOTES, noun. Plural of mash note
MASH POTATO, noun. Mashed potato (food)
MASH TUN, noun. A large tub used in making mash and wort.

Dictionary definition

MASH, noun. A mixture of mashed malt grains and hot water; used in brewing.
MASH, noun. Mixture of ground animal feeds.
MASH, verb. To compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition; "crush an aluminum can"; "squeeze a lemon".
MASH, verb. Talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions; "The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries"; "My husband never flirts with other women".
MASH, verb. Reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading; "grind the spices in a mortar"; "mash the garlic".

Wise words

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