mustard
- noun
- /ˈmʌstərd/
- There are a few streaks of mustard under the neck of the bottle.
Get some, get some mustard in my ketchup.
- Get some, get some mustard in my ketchup.
- So I want my fish filet, mustard, light tartar.
- I want cheddar cheese and mustard and ketchup, mayonnaise.
- Please add more mustard next time you psycho.
- The first one is Mac and cheese, tuna, mustard and Pickles.
- OK, Ketchup, barbecue, honey mustard, ranch, blue cheese.
- Yes, excuse the mustard on my face right now.
Examples
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Put some mustard on it.
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Gulden's mustard has traditionally been the number two mustard in America.
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Kind of looks like mustard, but it's really good.
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Who wants mustard on their hot dog?
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Apparently to make honey mustard, you just mix honey and mustard homemade.
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It's a dill sauce with mustard.
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I made the ketchup sauce with some mustard and pepper.
Fiction book (1996) -
Don't be stingy with that mustard, now.
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A large blob of mustard had fallen from his sandwich onto the immaculately white sofa.
Fiction book (1991) -
I like to spread mustard on my sandwiches for extra flavor.
Synonyms
A smooth slightly spicy mustard used to flavor food
A sauce made from mustard mixed with vinegar and oil
Powder made from the small seeds of a plant used to add strong taste to food
A spicy yellow or brown paste made from ground seeds used as a sauce on sandwiches and meat
A fine dry spice made by grinding small yellow or brown seeds
Compounds
- Archaic
A cloth spread with mustard powder that you put on the skin to make it warm
- NSFW
A very strong chemical weapon that causes severe blisters and harms the lungs and eyes
A weed from Europe and Asia with a strong smell and round flat seed pods now common in North America
- Specialized
A group of plants like cabbage, broccoli, and turnip that have flowers with four petals
- Indian
A small evergreen tree from dry regions whose branches are used as natural toothbrushes and whose shoots are animal food
- Specialized
A toxic chemical that doctors use as a medicine to treat some cancers
- NSFW
A poisonous chemical used in war that causes severe blisters and eye and lung damage
A spicy yellow or brown paste made from ground seeds used as a sauce on sandwiches and meat
A North American wild plant with bitter, divided leaves and small yellow flowers often found in fields
- Specialized
A plant grown for small seeds that are ground to make a spicy sauce and oil
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Surface Forms
Etymology
The word mustard comes from the Latin phrase mustum ardens, where mustum is 'fresh grape juice' and ardens is 'burning'. People mixed the hot seeds with grape juice to make a spicy sauce, so the name meant 'burning must', which explains the sharp taste of the condiment.