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mustard
English
Wikispecies
Etymology
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. Doublet of mostarda.
Pronunciation
- enPR: m?s?-t?rd, IPA(key): /?m?st?rd/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): [?mas.t?d]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): [?m?s.t?d]
- (Northern England) IPA(key): [?m?s.t?d]
- (US) IPA(key): [?m?s.t?d]
- Hyphenation: mus?tard
- Homophone: mustered
Noun
mustard (usually uncountable, plural mustards)
- 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.
- The leaves of the mustard plant, used as a salad.
- Dark yellow colour, the colour of mustard.
- 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.
Synonyms
- senvy (obsolete)
Hyponyms
(vesicant containing 2-chloroethyl groups):
- mustard gas
- nitrogen mustard
Translations
Adjective
mustard (not comparable)
- Of a dark yellow colour.
- 2007, Cincinnati Magazine (page 81)
- Everything about her year-old restaurant, from the minimalist menu (about a dozen items) with refreshingly drivel-free descriptions to the decor (unadorned warm mustard walls, unclothed bistro tables), reflects her love of bringing people to the table for good, simple food that's not eclipsed by bells and whistles.
- 2007, Cincinnati Magazine (page 81)
Translations
Derived terms
Related terms
- must (grape juice)
See also
Anagrams
- durmast, murtads
Middle English
Alternative forms
- mostard, mostarde, mustart, mustarde, musterd
Etymology
From Old French moustarde.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?mustard(?)/, /?must?rd(?)/
Noun
mustard
- A mustard plant; the plant where mustard seeds originate.
- The seeds of this plant used as a spice or flavouring.
- Mustard; a condiment made from mustard seeds.
Descendants
- English: mustard
- Scots: mustard, mustart
References
- “mustard, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-11.
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damewort
English
Etymology
dame +? wort
Noun
damewort (uncountable)
- dame's rocket, Hesperis matronalis.
Anagrams
- meadwort, metaword, to meward, two-armed, wardmote
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