mustard
Syllables: mus·tard/ˈmʌstəɹd/
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Australia[ˈmɐ̞s.təd]
mustard noun: a plant of certain species of the genus Brassica, or of related genera (especially Sinapis alba, in the family Brassicaceae, with yellow flowers, and linear seed pods). Also the ellipsis of mustard gas.
Noun
mustard (usually uncountable, plural mustards)
- A plant of certain species of the genus Brassica, or of related genera (especially Sinapis alba, in the family Brassicaceae, with yellow flowers, and linear seed pods).
- Synonyms:
- senvy
- 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 whether she had any Dijon mustard.
- He loved having mustard and toast for breakfast.
- The leaves of the mustard plant, used as a salad.
- Mustard and cress sandwiches.
- Dark yellow colour, the colour of mustard.
- One of a family of vesicants containing one or more 2-chloroethyl (C₂H₄Cl) groups, commonly used in chemical warfare and cancer chemotherapy.
- The tomalley of a crab, which resembles the condiment.
- Energy, power (when throwing a baseball).
- He's left-handed and in his adulthood didn't have a baseball glove to call his own. He borrowed one of mine and just out of the car, still wearing his lab coat having worked an overnight shift, he taught himself to throw right-handed and put plenty of mustard on it.2022 October 20, Scott Russell, “Sport was the great connection for Scott Russell and his father”, in CBC News, archived from the original on 22 Oct 2022
Adjective
mustard (not comparable)
- Of a dark yellow colour.
- Everything about her year-old restaurant, from the minimalist menu (about a dozen items) with refreshingly drivel-free descriptions to the decor (unadorned warm mustard walls, unclothed bistro tables), reflects her love of bringing people to the table for good, simple food that's not eclipsed by...2007, Cincinnati Magazine, page 81
- Very good, or very skilled.
- My expectations of public services were nil, so any time within a month was fine by me. They did it in less than a week, which was mustard.2005, Bernard Hare, Urban Grimshaw and the Shed Crew, London: Sceptre, →ISBN, page 168
Proper noun capitalized: Mustard
Mustard (plural Mustards)
- A surname.
Also used as
mustard is also the ellipsis of mustard gas.
mustard meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
mustard in Hindi
- plant
- सरसों sarsõ, ख़र्दल xardal, राई rāī
- condiment
- सरसों sarsõ, ख़र्दल xardal, राई rāī
mustard in Tamil
- plant
- கடுகு kaṭuku
mustard in Marathi
- plant
- मोहरी mohrī
mustard in Urdu
- plant
- سَرْسوں sarsõ, خَرْدَل xardal, رائی rāī
- condiment
- سَرْسوں sarsõ, خَرْدَل xardal, رائی rāī
More languagesFewer languages
- mustard in Bengali
- সরিষা śoriśa
- mustard in Telugu
- ఆవాలు
- mustard in Malayalam
- കടുക് kaṭukŭ
- mustard in Kannada
- ಸಾಸಿವೆ sāsive
- mustard in Punjabi
- ਰਾਈ rāī
- mustard in Gujarati
- સરસવ
- mustard in Odia
- ସୋରିଷ soriṣa
- mustard in Sanskrit
- सर्षप sarṣapa
- mustard in Assamese
- সৰিয়হ xorih, বেহাৰ behar, সৰিয়হৰ লুথুৰী xorihor luthuri
- mustard in Nepali
- तोरी tori
- mustard in Tagalog
- mustasa, keluwa
- mustard in Arabic
- خَرْدَل ḵardal
- mustard in Malay
- sawi, mustar, sos biji sawi
- mustard in Indonesian
- moster, sesawi
- mustard in Thai
- มัสตาร์ด más-dtàat
- mustard in Vietnamese
- mù tạc
- mustard in Myanmar
- မုန်ညင်း munnyang:
Examples of mustard in a sentence
- The man who survived mustard gas and pepper spray is now a seasoned veteran.
- A mixture of horseradish and mustard often serves as a surrogate for wasabi.
- This diner serves ketchup in red bottles, and mustard in yellow ones.
Synonyms of mustard
Forms of mustard
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | mustards |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Mustards |
Origin of mustard
From Middle English mustard, from Old French moustarde (French moutarde), from moust (“must”), from Latin mustum. Compare Saterland Frisian Muster (“mustard”), Dutch mosterd (“mustard”), German Low German Musterd (“mustard”), Icelandic mustarður (“mustard”). Displaced Middle English senep, from Old English senep, from Latin sināpi (“mustard”). Sometimes mistakenly thought to come from Latin mustum ardens, but such a Latin phrase is not attested, and it is well understood that that the final -ard is derived from Old French -arde. Doublet of mostarda.
Words formed from mustard
- Abyssinian mustard
- African mustard
- alkali mustard
- aniline mustard
- ball mustard
- beer mustard
- black mustard
- brown mustard
- buckler mustard
- Chinese mustard
- corn mustard
- curled mustard
- cut the mustard
- demustardization
- demustardize
- Dijon mustard
- dish mustard
- dog mustard
- English mustard
- Ethiopian mustard
- field mustard
- French mustard
- garlic mustard
- green mustard cabbage
- green mustard
- hare's-ear mustard
- hedge mustard
- honey mustard
- Indian mustard
- Japanese mustard
- Jim Hill mustard
- keen as mustard
- leaf mustard
- mithridate mustard
- mustarded
- mustarder
- mustard gas
- mustard greens
- mustarding
- mustardise
- mustardize
- mustardless
- mustardlike
- mustard oil
- mustard plaister
- mustard-plaister
- mustard-plaster
- mustard plaster
- mustard pot
- mustard powder
- mustard seed
- mustard tree
- mustardy
- nitrogen mustard
- oriental mustard
- poor man's mustard
- prepared mustard
- red mustard
- sarepta mustard
- sea mustard
Phrases with mustard
Words that rhyme with mustard
Questions about mustard
- What does mustard mean?
- Mustard means a plant of certain species of the genus Brassica, or of related genera (especially Sinapis alba, in the family Brassicaceae, with yellow flowers, and linear seed pods).
- What is mustard in Hindi?
- Mustard in Hindi is सरसों (sarsõ), ख़र्दल (xardal), राई (rāī). See Mustard meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is mustard?
- Mustard can be a noun, an adjective or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce mustard?
- Mustard is pronounced /ˈmʌstəɹd/.
- What is the plural of mustard?
- The plural of mustard is mustards.
Words near mustard in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: mustard (page history and authors); Mustard (page history and authors); mustard (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); mustard (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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