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Mash Mashed Verb Mæʃ  Word Origin Uncountable Grain

Front mash
Back mash
noun, verb
BrE /mæʃ/
NAmE /mæʃ/
noun
 word origin
1 (especially BrE) = mashed potato
2 [uncountable] grain cooked in water until soft, used to feed farm animals
3 [uncountable] a mixture of malt grains and hot water, used for making beer, etc.
4 [singular] a ~ (of sth) any food that has been crushed into a soft mass

The soup was a mash of grain and vegetables.
see also mishmash

verb
 verb forms
 word origin
 collocations
~ sth (up)
to crush food into a soft mass
Mash the fruit up with a fork.
mashed
/BrE ; NAmE / adjective
mashed banana

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