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mashy

/ˈmæʃi/

mashy adjective: produced by crushing or bruising; resembling, or consisting of, a mash. Also the alternative form of mashie.

Adjective

mashy (comparative mashier, superlative mashiest)

  1. Produced by crushing or bruising; resembling, or consisting of, a mash.
    • […] the pot of strawberry jam was of the mashiest, stickiest description; […]1881, George Augustus Sala, Edmund Yates, Temple Bar, volume 61, page 258

Also used as

mashy is also the alternative form of mashie.

Forms of mashy

Adjective
comparativemashier
superlativemashiest
Noun
pluralmashies

Origin of mashy

From mash + -y.

Words that rhyme with mashy

10 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about mashy

What does mashy mean?
Mashy means produced by crushing or bruising; resembling, or consisting of, a mash.
What part of speech is mashy?
Mashy is an adjective.
How do you pronounce mashy?
Mashy is pronounced /ˈmæʃi/.

Words near mashy in the dictionary

  1. mashup
  2. mashups
  3. mashwa
  4. mashwas
  5. mashwort
  6. mashy
  7. Masi
  8. Masias
  9. Masiases
  10. Maside
  11. Masiello

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