mash

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[maʃ], (Verb)

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- reduce (food or other substance) to a soft mass by crushing it
(e.g: mash the beans to a paste)

- (in brewing) mix (powdered malt) with hot water to form wort
(e.g: the barley is dried out over peat fires and mashed with water which flows through peat ground)

- (with reference to tea) brew or infuse
(e.g: I've just mashed a pot of tea)


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Origin:
Old English māsc (as a brewing term), of West Germanic origin; perhaps ultimately related to mix


[maʃ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a soft mass made by crushing a substance into a pulp, sometimes with the addition of liquid
(e.g: pound the garlic to a mash)


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Origin:
Old English māsc (as a brewing term), of West Germanic origin; perhaps ultimately related to mix


[maʃ], (Abbreviation)

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- mobile army surgical hospital


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