Definitions for mustard
mustard
mus·tard
Spelling: [muhs-terd]
IPA: /ˈmʌs tərd/
Mustard is a 7 letter English word.
It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.
You can make 238 anagrams from letters in mustard (admrstu).
Definitions for mustard
noun
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a pungent powder or paste prepared from the seed of the mustard plant, used as a food seasoning or condiment, and medicinally in plasters, poultices, etc.
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any of various acrid or pungent plants, especially of the genus Brassica, as B. juncea (leaf mustard) the leaves of which are used for food and B. nigra (black mustard) the chief source of commercial mustard, and Sinapis alba (white mustard)
Compare mustard family.
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nitrogen mustard.
Idioms
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cut the mustard, Slang. to reach or surpass the desired standard of performance:
Origin of mustard
1300-50; Middle English Old French moustarde a relish orig. made of mustard seed and must, equivalent to moust must2 + -arde -ard