Definitions for mustard
ˈmʌs tərdmus·tard

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. mustard(noun)

   any of several cruciferous plants of the genus Brassica

2. mustard, table mustard(noun)

   pungent powder or paste prepared from ground mustard seeds

3. mustard, mustard greens, leaf mustard, Indian mustard(noun)

   leaves eaten as cooked greens

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1. mustard(Noun)

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

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

2. mustard(Noun)

   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.

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

3. mustard(Noun)

   The tomalley of a crab, which resembles the condiment.

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

4. mustard(Adjective)

   of a dark yellow colour.

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

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Mustard(noun)

   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)

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

2. Mustard(noun)

   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

   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 Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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.]

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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. 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.

2. William Rosenzweig:

   If it's in a bun, and it's filled with delicious ketchup and mustard and pickles and onions.

3. Primo Levi:

   In order for the wheel to turn, for life to be lived, impurities are needed, and the impurities of impurities in the soil, too, as is known, if it is to be fertile. Dissension, diversity, the grain of salt and mustard are needed: Fascism does not want them, forbids them, and that's why you're not a Fascist; it wants everybody to be the same, and you are not. But immaculate virtue does not exist either, or if it exists it is detestable.

4. National Intelligence James Clapper:

   [The Syrian government] has used chemicals against the opposition on multiple occasions since Syria joined the Chemical Weapons Convention. ISIL has also used toxic chemicals in Iraq andSyria, including the blister agent Sulfur mustard.

5. 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.

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