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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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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Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
This release brings a new mash bill to the series called Barrel 78, which includes some roasted grains.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 10 May 2025
EW.com, 19 Apr. 2025
Stroman’s abysmal opening inning began with Mike Yastrzemski mashing his first pitch — an 89.4-mph sinker over the heart of the plate — for a double.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 12 Apr. 2025
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Noun
It’s crafted from a mash bill of malted and unmalted barley, triple distilled in copper pot stills, and matured in a combination of American ex-bourbon barrels and first-fill Spanish Oloroso sherry butts.
—Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
This release brings a new mash bill to the series called Barrel 78, which includes some roasted grains.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 10 May 2025
Verb
The more apparitions that arrive, the more the Delta blues mashes up with hip-hop, rock, and other styles.
—EW.com, 19 Apr. 2025
Stroman’s abysmal opening inning began with Mike Yastrzemski mashing his first pitch — an 89.4-mph sinker over the heart of the plate — for a double.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 12 Apr. 2025
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“Mash.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mash. Accessed 27 May. 2025.
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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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