mustard
nounEtymology
From Middle English mustard, from Old French moustarde (French moutarde), from moust (“must”), from Latin mustum. Compare Saterland Frisian Muster (“mustard”), Dutch mosterd (“mustard”), German Low German Musterd (“mustard”), Icelandic mustarður (“mustard”). Displaced Middle English senep, from Old English senep, from Latin sināpi (“mustard”). Sometimes mistakenly thought to come from Latin mustum ardens, but such a Latin phrase is not attested, and it is well understood that that the final -ard is derived from Old French -arde. Doublet of mostarda.
Definitions
A plant of certain species of the genus Brassica, or of related genera (especially…
A plant of certain species of the genus Brassica, or of related genera (especially Sinapis alba, in the family Brassicaceae, with yellow flowers, and linear seed pods).
Powder or paste made from seeds of the mustard plant, and used as a condiment or a spice.
- When the waitress brought the food, I asked whether she had any Dijon mustard.
- He loved having mustard and toast for breakfast.
The leaves of the mustard plant, used as a salad.
- Mustard and cress sandwiches.
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Dark yellow colour, the colour of mustard.
One of a family of vesicants containing one or more 2-chloroethyl (C₂H₄Cl) groups,…
One of a family of vesicants containing one or more 2-chloroethyl (C₂H₄Cl) groups, commonly used in chemical warfare and cancer chemotherapy.
The tomalley of a crab, which resembles the condiment.
Ellipsis of mustard gas.
Energy, power (when throwing a baseball).
Of a dark yellow colour.
Very good, or very skilled.
- My expectations of public services were nil, so any time within a month was fine by me. They did it in less than a week, which was mustard.
A surname.
The neighborhood
- neighbormustard gas
- neighbornitrogen mustard
- neighbormust
- neighborarugula
- neighborbittercress
- neighborbrassica
- neighborcharlock
- neighborcress
- neighbordame's violet
- neighborhedge garlic
- neighborjack-by-the-hedge
- neighborpeppergrass
Derived
Abyssinian mustard, African mustard, alkali mustard, aniline mustard, ball mustard, beer mustard, black mustard, brown mustard, buckler mustard, Chinese mustard, corn mustard, curled mustard, cut the mustard, demustardization, demustardize, Dijon mustard, dish mustard, dog mustard, English mustard, Ethiopian mustard, field mustard, French mustard, garlic mustard, green mustard cabbage, green mustard, hare's-ear mustard, hedge mustard, honey mustard, Indian mustard, Japanese mustard, Jim Hill mustard, keen as mustard, leaf mustard, mithridate mustard, mustarded, mustarder, mustard gas, mustard greens, mustarding, mustardise · +43 more
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA