mash
(mæʃ )
Word forms: mashes , mashing , mashed
1. verb
If you mash food that is solid but soft, you crush it so that it forms a soft mass.
Mash the bananas with a fork. [VERB noun]
...mashed potatoes. [VERB-ed]
Synonyms: smash, crush, pulp, pound
2. uncountable noun
Mash is mashed potato. [British, informal]
3. singular noun [usually NOUN of noun]
A mash of food is a soft mass of food. It is often a mixture of several ingredients.
They ate a mash of 2 potatoes, 2 carrots & cabbage.
I'm feeding our horses the same mash the O'Briens used to win Gold Cups.
Synonyms: pulp, pâté, paste, purée
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Translations:
Chinese: 把…捣成糊状
Japanese: つぶして柔らかくする
- not play the game
- not play with a full deck
- not pull your punches
- not put a foot wrong
- not put a foot wrong
- no-trade clause
- not remotely funny
- not rest on your laurels
- not right in the head
- not rocket science
- not sb's place to do sth
- not sb's style
- not see beyond your nose
- not see eye to eye with someone
- not set the Thames on fire
- not set the world on fire
- not sleep a wink
- not sleep a wink
- not sleep a wink/not get a wink of sleep
- not so much
- not strictly comparable
- not strictly true
- not take kindly to
- not take no for an answer
- not take something lying down