Definitions for mustard
ˈmʌs tərdmus·tard

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. mustardnoun

   any of several cruciferous plants of the genus Brassica

2. mustard, table mustardnoun

   pungent powder or paste prepared from ground mustard seeds

3. mustard, mustard greens, leaf mustard, Indian mustardnoun

   leaves eaten as cooked greens

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. mustardnoun

   a plant of the genus Brassica or related genera in the family Brassicaceae, with yellow flowers, and linear seed pods.

2. mustardnoun

   a powder or paste made from seeds of the mustard plant, and used as a condiment or a spice.

   When the waitress brought the food I asked her if she had any Dijon mustard.

3. mustardnoun

   The tomalley of a crab, which resembles the condiment.

4. mustardadjective

   of a dark yellow colour.

5. Etymology: From moustarde (French: moutarde), from moust, from mustum.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Mustardnoun

   A plant.

   Etymology: mwstard, Welsh; moustard, Fr.

   The flower consists of four leaves, which are placed in form of a crest, out of whose flower-cup rises the pointal, which afterward becomes a fruit or pod, divided into two cells by an intermediate partition, to which the valves adhere on both sides, and are filled with roundish seeds: these pods generally end in a fungous horn, containing the like seeds. To these marks must be added, an acrid burning taste, peculiar to mustard. Philip Miller.

   The pancakes were naught, and the mustard was good. William Shakespeare.

   Sauce like himself, offensive to its foes,
   The roguish mustard, dang’rous to the nose. King.

   Mustard, taken in great quantities, would quickly bring the blood into an alkaline state, and destroy the animal. Arbuthnot.

   ’Tis your’s to shake the soul,
   With thunder rumbling from the mustard bowl. Alexander Pope.

   Stick your candle in a bottle, a coffee cup, or a mustard pot. Jonathan Swift.

   Common mustard seed is attenuant and resolvent: it warms the stomach, and excites appetite; but its principal medicinal use is external in sinapisms. John Hill, Mat. Med.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. mustard

   Mustard is a condiment made from the seeds of a mustard plant which are ground into a powder and then mixed with liquid, vinegar, water or wine, to form a thick, tangy paste. It is commonly used as a spice or a dressing in various cuisines worldwide. The term "mustard" is also used to refer to the mustard plant itself, which is a member of the Brassicaceae family, and can be used in salads, cooking or for their seeds.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Mustardnoun

   the name of several cruciferous plants of the genus Brassica (formerly Sinapis), as white mustard (B. alba), black mustard (B. Nigra), wild mustard or charlock (B. Sinapistrum)

2. Mustardnoun

   a powder or a paste made from the seeds of black or white mustard, used as a condiment and a rubefacient. Taken internally it is stimulant and diuretic, and in large doses is emetic

3. Etymology: [OF. moustarde, F. moutarde, fr. L. mustum must, -- mustard was prepared for use by being mixed with must. See Must, n.]

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1. MUSTARD

   The Multi-Unit Space Transport And Recovery Device or MUSTARD was a concept explored by the British Aircraft Corporation around 1968 for launching payloads weighing as much as 5,000 lb. into orbit.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Mustard

   mus′tard, n. a plant of the genus Brassica, formerly classed as Sinapis, having a pungent taste: the seed thereof ground and used as a seasoning for meat, as a plaster, &c.—French mustard, mustard prepared for table by adding salt, sugar, vinegar, &c.; Wild mustard, the charlock. [O. Fr. mostarde (Fr. moutarde)—L. mustum, must.]

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. MUSTARD

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Mustard is ranked #19075 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Mustard surname appeared 1,427 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Mustard.
   
   95% or 1,356 total occurrences were White.
   1.8% or 27 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   1.4% or 20 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1% or 15 total occurrences were Asian.

Matched Categories

1. • Condiment
   • Crucifer
   • Cruciferous Vegetable

Anagrams for mustard »

1. durmast

How to pronounce mustard?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of mustard in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of mustard in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of mustard in a Sentence

1. Brittney Berry:

   The managers told me to put mustard on it, but I ended up having to get rushed to the hospital in an ambulance, fight for $15.

2. Zig Ziglar:

   Confidence is Going after Moby Dick in a rowboat, And taking the tarter sauce with you. A Bullfighter who goes in the ring with mustard on his sword.

3. Brittney Berry:

   The managers told me to put mustard on it, but I ended up having to get rushed to the hospital in an ambulance.

4. Tom Aikens:

   There are so many variations of mac and cheese you can have -- mustard or no mustard, different toppings you can put on. But I don't like to deviate too far from the original because once you start adding too much, you take away the plainness of a mac and cheese in white sauce, i like to keep it as simple and true as possible.

5. Ghislain Durand:

   Now, they grab about ten ! they see mustard and they throw themselves at it.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=mustard
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Mustard
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=mustard
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mustard
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=mustard
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=mustard
8. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html