mashed; mashing; mashes
2
: to subject (a substance, such as crushed malt) to the action of water with heating and stirring in preparing wort
1
: a mixture of ground feeds for livestock
2
: crushed malt or grain meal steeped and stirred in hot water to produce wort
3
: a soft pulpy mass
4
British
: mashed potatoes
mashed; mashing; mashes
: to flirt with or seek the affection of
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Verb (1)
Noun (2)
Examples of mash in a Sentence
Verb (1)
this press can mash 10 bushels of apples at a time
mash the ripe banana before adding it to the mixture
Noun (2)
she's usually got a mash on moviedom's hunk du jour
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Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 15 May 2024
Another past technique created a product that was too sweet, because the fermentation had to be halted before active yeast organisms could convert too many of the sugary starches in the mash of malted barley, hops and water into ethanol.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 4 May 2024
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Noun
Ten different bourbons using two mash bills and five different yeast strains are made at the distillery.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 15 May 2024
Another past technique created a product that was too sweet, because the fermentation had to be halted before active yeast organisms could convert too many of the sugary starches in the mash of malted barley, hops and water into ethanol.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 4 May 2024
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“Mash.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mash. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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mash
1 of 2 noun1
: crushed malt or grain meal soaked and stirred in hot water
2
: a mixture of ground feeds for livestock
3
: a soft pulpy mass
mash
2 of 2 verb1
: to make into a soft pulpy mass by beating or pressure
2
: to expose crushed malt to the action of water with heating and stirring
masher
noun
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