mustard


Definition: Meaning of, mustard in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ˈmʌstəd /

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  1. a yellow sauce with a strong taste, eaten especially with meat
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  2. a plant with yellow flowers and seeds that are used to make mustard sauce
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  3. a yellow-brown colour
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  4. cut the mustard informal to be good enough to do something
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mustard used in phrases

  • Chinese mustard (noun)
    1. very hot prepared mustard
  • Indian mustard (noun)
    1. leaves eaten as cooked greens
  • black mustard (noun)
    1. widespread Eurasian annual plant cultivated for its pungent seeds; a principal source of table mustard
  • buckler mustard (noun)
    1. plant of southeastern Europe having yellow flowers like those of mustard and pods with open valves resembling bucklers
  • chinese mustard (noun)
    1. asiatic mustard used as a potherb
  • cut the mustard (verb)
    1. informal be at the required standard; be good enough; pass inspection
  • dry mustard (noun)
    1. a substance such that one to three tablespoons dissolved in a glass of warm water is a homemade emetic
  • field mustard (noun)
    1. weedy Eurasian plant often a pest in grain fields
  • garlic mustard (noun)
    1. european herb that smells like garlic
  • hedge mustard (noun)
    1. stiffly branching Old World annual with pale yellow flowers; widely naturalized in North America; formerly used medicinally
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