mustard

1. 1
   noununcountable

   A spicy yellow paste or powder made from crushed seeds, used to flavor food.

   Like ketchup, but yellow and with a sharp, biting taste.

   She spread a thin layer of mustard on her sandwich.

   A small jar of hot mustard sat next to the sausages.

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2. 2
   noununcountable

   A leafy plant of the cabbage family, with bright yellow flowers and thin seed pods.

   Wild mustard grows along the edges of the field.

   Farmers planted mustard to enrich the soil before winter.

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3. 3
   noununcountable

   A dark, brownish-yellow color, like that of the condiment.

   The old curtains had faded to a dull mustard.

   She chose a warm mustard for the kitchen walls.

4. 4
   adjective

   Having a dark yellow color.

   He bought a mustard jacket for the fall.

   Her scarf is mustard with thin brown stripes.

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5. 5
   noununcountable

   The green leaves of a certain plant, eaten raw or cooked in salads.

   We grow mustard in the garden to eat in salads.

   These greens taste sharp, so she mixed mustard with milder leaves.

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6. 6
   noununcountableabbreviationellipsis

   Short form of mustard gas. It means the same poison gas, just said in fewer words.

   The soldiers were warned about mustard before the next attack.

   A cloud of mustard drifted slowly across the muddy ground.

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7. 7
   noununcountable

   A blistering chemical used as a weapon or, in some forms, as a cancer treatment.

   Doctors once used a kind of mustard to treat certain cancers.

   Mustard causes painful blisters wherever it touches the skin.

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8. 8
   noununcountable

   The soft, yellow part inside a crab that looks like the condiment.

   Some people eat the mustard found inside a cooked crab.

   She scooped the mustard out of the crab shell with a spoon.

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9. 9
   nouncolloquialuncountable

   Speed and force put on a thrown baseball.

   Like the extra push you give a ball to make it fly really fast.

   He put extra mustard on the throw to first base.

   That last pitch had plenty of mustard on it.

   Similarheat, zip, speed, velocity

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10. 10
    adjectiveslang

    Very good or very skilled.

    Like calling something the best or top-notch.

    That trick on the skateboard was mustard!

    He's mustard at video games.

    Similarbrilliant, excellent, great, superb

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