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mustard

mustard

153 1.0
A sharp yellow or brown paste put on food to add flavor
  • noun
  • /ˈmʌstərd/
: mostaza
  • There are a few streaks of mustard under the neck of the bottle.

Get some, get some mustard in my ketchup.

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Examples

  • Put some mustard on it.

  • Gulden's mustard has traditionally been the number two mustard in America.

  • Kind of looks like mustard, but it's really good.

  • Who wants mustard on their hot dog?

  • Apparently to make honey mustard, you just mix honey and mustard homemade.

  • It's a dill sauce with mustard.

  • I made the ketchup sauce with some mustard and pepper.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • Don't be stingy with that mustard, now.

  • 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

Dijon
vsmustard
9 4.4

A smooth slightly spicy mustard used to flavor food

is the general seed product rather than one named regional style
mustard sauce
vsmustard
5 1.0

A sauce made from mustard mixed with vinegar and oil

is the thicker seed paste or powder rather than a flavored thin sauce
dry mustard
vsmustard
1 2.5

Powder made from the small seeds of a plant used to add strong taste to food

is broader, existing as powder or paste for both cooking and table use
powdered mustard
vsmustard
1 3.2

A fine dry spice made by grinding small yellow or brown seeds

is the same product but also appears as a wet paste for condiments
table mustard
vsmustard
1 2.8

A spicy yellow or brown paste made from ground seeds used as a sauce on sandwiches and meat

is the general seed based spice or paste used beyond table service

Compounds

12 7.7

A poison gas used in war that causes painful blisters and damages the lungs

A sauce made from mustard mixed with vinegar and oil

mustard seed
  • Literature
4 4.1

A very small idea or amount that can grow into something much larger

4 2.2

A small round seed from a plant used whole or ground to make a spicy sauce

Leaves from a mustard plant that people eat cooked

1 3.2

A yellowish liquid from mustard seeds that people use for cooking and massage

1 9.9

A very strong chemical weapon that causes severe blisters and harms the lungs and eyes

1 2.5

Powder made from the small seeds of a plant used to add strong taste to food

mustard plaster
  • Archaic
1 9.3

A cloth spread with mustard powder that you put on the skin to make it warm

A very hot sauce made from ground seeds used with Chinese food

1 4.2

A weed with bright yellow flowers that grows in farm fields

mustard tree
  • Indian
1 9.9

A small evergreen tree from dry regions whose branches are used as natural toothbrushes and whose shoots are animal food

mustard family
  • Specialized
1 4.8

A group of plants like cabbage, broccoli, and turnip that have flowers with four petals

A common field weed with yellow flowers and edible leaves

nitrogen mustard
  • Specialized
1 6.5

A toxic chemical that doctors use as a medicine to treat some cancers

A fine dry spice made by grinding small yellow or brown seeds

A leafy plant from Asia with spicy leaves used as a vegetable or seasoning

A plant with small spicy seeds used to make a yellow sauce for food

A plant with green leaves that smell like garlic when crushed

1 9.9

An evergreen shrub from South America whose leaves can poison farm animals

A spicy yellow or brown paste made from ground seeds used as a sauce on sandwiches and meat

1 9.9

A poisonous chemical used in war that causes severe blisters and eye and lung damage

A leafy plant with leaves eaten as greens and seeds used as a spice and for oil

A leafy Asian plant with a swollen root crown that you can eat raw or cooked

buckler mustard
  • Specialized
9.9

A plant that has yellow flowers and seed pods like small shields

A green leafy vegetable with spicy leaves used in cooking

A weed from Europe and Asia with a strong smell and round flat seed pods now common in North America

9.1

A plant with small pale yellow flowers that grows wild along roads and fields

A plant with reddish brown seeds used to add a slightly spicy taste to food

9.9

A North American wild plant with bitter, divided leaves and small yellow flowers often found in fields

9.9

A tall European plant with stiff upright stems and yellow flowers

white mustard
  • Specialized
4.5

A plant grown for small seeds that are ground to make a spicy sauce and oil

A small wild plant with yellow flowers that often grows as a weed

How Pungent

mustard
153 1.0
Dijon
9 4.4
sweet
1 1.0

Surface Forms

mustard singular
mustards plural

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.