Definition of mash Mash

/mæˈʃ/ - [matsh] - mash

We found 23 definitions of mash from 5 different sources.

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What does mash mean?

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Noun

Plural: mashes

mash - mixture of ground animal feeds
  feed, provender food for domestic livestock
mash - a mixture of mashed malt grains and hot water; used in brewing
  suspension a temporary debarment (from a privilege or position etc)
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  • mash (Noun)
    A mesh.
  • mash (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.
  • 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 Mashed potatoes .
  • mash (Noun)
    A mixture of meal or bran and water fed to animals.
  • mash (Noun)
    A mess; trouble — Francis Beaumont & Fletcher John Fletcher .
  • mash (Noun)
    An infatuation, a crush, a fancy.
  • mash (Noun)
    A dandy, a masher.
  • mash (Verb)
    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)
    To press down hard on.
  • mash (Verb)
    To press.
  • mash (Verb)
    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.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • mash (n.)
    A mesh.
  • mash (n.)
    A mass of mixed ingredients reduced to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure; a mass of anything in a soft pulpy state. Specifically (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 (n.)
    A mixture of meal or bran and water fed to animals.
  • mash (n.)
    A mess; trouble.
  • mash (v. t.)
    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.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • mash
    A dish made with boiled potatoes which are mashed and mixed with milk.
  • mash
    To press or squeeze something so hard that it causes damage or deforms the object; to press or squeeze someone so hard that it injures him or her.

Part of speech

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  • mash, verb, present, 1st person singular of mash (infinitive).
  • mash, verb (infinitive).
  • mash, noun, singular of mashes.

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