mash

🇺🇸 /mæʃ/ 🇬🇧 /mæʃ/
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noun
R

soft mashed potatoes, often with butter and milk

For dinner, we're having chicken with a side of mash.

R

cooked grain for farm animals

The farmer prepared a mash for the livestock every morning.

R

mixture of malt and water for making beer

The brewery's first step is to prepare the mash for fermentation.

R

soft mass of pressed food

She made a delicious mash of apples and pears for dessert.

verb
R

to press food to make a soft mass

You'll need to mash the bananas thoroughly before adding them to the mix.

translation

n. soft mashed potatoes, often with butter and milk; cooked grain for farm animals; mixture of malt and water for making beer; soft mass of pressed food
v. to press food to make a soft mass

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