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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
mustard
noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
keen as mustard (=very keen)
▪ She was new in the job and keen as mustard.
mustard gas
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
keen
▪ He was as keen as mustard, and as Doctor Faustus.
▪ Sharp, hungry, keen as mustard.
yellow
▪ Mustard though, a horrible yellow slimy mustard, you could eat with anything.
■ NOUN
gas
▪ The leaves of cabbages, mustard and some other brassicas contain toxic mustard oil, similar to the deadly mustard gas.
▪ The world greeted the news as if President Tucker had reintroduced mustard gas.
▪ Gene mutations occur spontaneously and can be induced by mutagenic agents such has high temperature, mustard gas, and radiation.
▪ It was called mustard gas and was used at Ypres in 1917, when it caused many thousands of casualties.
▪ Four kids to rear and a husband coughing away his lungs from mustard gas.
powder
▪ Stir in the seasoning, mustard powder and eggs. 8 Spoon the sauce over the moussaka and sprinkle over the cheese.
▪ Mix the fromage frais with the mustard powder and dill and serve with the salmon.
▪ To gain the maximum flavour, always mix mustard powder to a paste before adding it to recipes.
sauce
▪ Nor is the lobster smeared with a mustard sauce, as most chefs imagine.
▪ To serve, spoon a pool of mustard sauce on each warm serving plate and arrange rabbit pieces on top.
▪ Add mustard sauce, season and bring to the boil very quickly so as not to overcook meat.
▪ Served with a spicy-sweet mustard sauce, this was an auspicious beginning to our meal.
▪ It comes with a tangy coarse-grained mustard sauce.
seed
▪ He is more of a gardener, watering seeds-mustard seeds.
▪ Brown mustard seeds are easier to harvest and therefore are widely used in prepared mustards.
▪ The gospels commend faith the size of a grain of mustard seed.
▪ Cut remaining 2 tablespoons butter into bits and whisk into sauce along with mustard seed.
▪ The mustard seed is the smallest seed of all, but when it is planted it grows into a tree.
▪ Add the mustard seeds, herbs and salt and pepper; mix well.
▪ The ingredients of this particular concoction included garlic, mustard seed, tamarind and cream of tartar.
■ VERB
cut
▪ It was whispered, Patsy said, that he couldn't cut the mustard.
▪ That wouldn't cut the mustard without new technology.
▪ Go and cut your own mustard, Tony.
spread
▪ Pastrami on rye Butter sliced dark rye bread and spread thinly with mustard.
▪ The top piece of bread is a mirror of the bottom, spread with mayo and mustard.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
not cut the mustard
▪ Athletes who can't cut the mustard don't make the team.
▪ When a director reaches a certain age, he just can't cut the mustard anymore.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ I wonder who first decided that we shouldn't eat mustard with lamb?
▪ Imagine what Colbert would do today to Dijon mustard.
▪ It looks so yellow, like mustard.
▪ Meanwhile, combine vinegars, mustard and pepper in a food processor and blend until combined.
▪ Sara silently handed him the ingredients he wanted and found the mustard pot.
▪ The child received a package of coupons for free mustard.
▪ To make vinaigrette, in a small bowl, whisk together vinegar, mustard, and basil.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Mustard

Mustard \Mus"tard\, n. [OF. moustarde, F. moutarde, fr. L. mustum must, -- mustard was prepared for use by being mixed with must. See Must, n.]

  1. (Bot.) The name of several cruciferous plants of the genus Brassica (formerly Sinapis), as white mustard ( Brassica alba), black mustard ( Brassica Nigra), wild mustard or charlock ( Brassica Sinapistrum).

    Note: There are also many herbs of the same family which are called mustard, and have more or less of the flavor of the true mustard; as, bowyer's mustard ( Lepidium ruderale); hedge mustard ( Sisymbrium officinale); Mithridate mustard ( Thlaspi arvense); tower mustard ( Arabis perfoliata); treacle mustard ( Erysimum cheiranthoides).

  2. 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.

    Mustard oil (Chem.), a substance obtained from mustard, as a transparent, volatile and intensely pungent oil. The name is also extended to a number of analogous compounds produced either naturally or artificially.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
mustard

late 13c. (late 12c. as a surname), from Old French mostarde "mustard, mustard plant" (Modern French moutarde), from moust "must," from Latin mustum "new wine" (see must (n.1)); so called because it was originally prepared by adding must to the ground seeds of the plant to make a paste. As a color name, it is attested from 1848.\n

\nMustard gas, World War I poison (first used by the Germans at Ypres, 1917), so called for its color and smell and burning effect on eyes and lungs; chemical name is dichlordiethyl sulfide, it contains no mustard, and is an atomized liquid, not a gas. To cut the mustard (1907, usually in negative) is probably from slang mustard "genuine article, best thing" (1903) on notion of "that which enhances flavor."I'm not headlined in the bills, but I'm the mustard in the salad dressing just the same. [O.Henry, "Cabbages and Kings," 1904]

Wiktionary
mustard

a. Of a dark yellow colour. n. 1 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. 2 Powder or paste made from seeds of the mustard plant, and used as a condiment or a spice. 3 The leaves of the mustard plant, used as a salad. 4 Dark yellow color, the colour of mustard. 5 The tomalley of a crab, which resembles the condiment.

WordNet
mustard
  1. n. any of several cruciferous plants of the genus Brassica

  2. pungent powder or paste prepared from ground mustard seeds [syn: table mustard]

  3. leaves eaten as cooked greens [syn: mustard greens, leaf mustard, Indian mustard]

Wikipedia
MUSTARD

The Multi-Unit Space Transport And Recovery Device or MUSTARD was a concept explored by the British Aircraft Corporation (BAC) around 1968 for launching payloads weighing as much as 5,000 lb. into orbit.

Mustard (color)

Mustard is a light orange color that resembles culinary mustard. It is similar to the color Flax.

The first recorded use of mustard as a color name in English was in 1886.

Mustard (software)

Mustard is a microblogging software application for Android, compatible with both Twitter and Status.net services.

As of February 28, 2011 it was the most used identi.ca client for Android platform and the 14th most used client overall.

It is mainly developed by Michele Azzolari (Macno) and one of the most interesting features is the ability to consolidate different timelines from different accounts into a single list. On the missing features list, the ability to send "direct messages" to individual users without appearing in the public timeline.

Mustard (album)

Mustard is the second solo album by Roy Wood, who wrote and produced every track and painted the cartoon-style cover. It was completed and released about the same time as he disbanded his group Wizzard. He played all the instruments, and contributed all vocals apart from guest appearances by Annie Haslam, Phil Everly, ex- Move and Wizzard bassist Rick Price, and co-engineer Dick Plant.

"Look Thru’ the Eyes of a Fool" (1975) and "Any Old Time Will Do" (1976) were released as singles, though like the album, neither made the charts.

The album was re-issued in 1977 in Australia, along with the tracks "O What a Shame" and "Rock 'n' Roll Winter" by United Artists/Jet Records, entitled Roy Wood the Wizzard.

It was later reissued on CD by Edsel Records, with additional tracks which had previously appeared only on singles.

Mustard (condiment)

Mustard is a condiment made from the seeds of a mustard plant (white or yellow mustard, Sinapis alba; brown or Indian mustard, Brassica juncea; or black mustard, B. nigra).

The whole, ground, cracked, or bruised mustard seeds are mixed with water, salt, lemon juice, or other liquids, and sometimes other flavorings and spices, to create a paste or sauce ranging in color from bright yellow to dark brown. The tastes range from sweet to spicy.

Commonly paired with meats and cheeses, mustard is an addition to sandwiches, salads, hamburgers, corn dogs, and hot dogs. It is also used as an ingredient in many dressings, glazes, sauces, soups, and marinades; as a cream or a seed, mustard is used as a condiment and in the cuisine of India and Bangladesh, the Mediterranean, northern and southeastern Europe, Asia, the Americas, and Africa, making it one of the most popular and widely used spices and condiments in the world.

Usage examples of "mustard".

The virtues of black Mustard depend on the acrid volatile oil contained in its seeds.

Some manufacturers adulterate their mustard with radish-seed and pease flour.

Combine the peppercorns, mustard seeds, sesame seeds, salt and the ancho chili in the food processor and pulverize.

To one quart of this pulp and juice add one tablespoon of cinnamon, one of black pepper and one of mustard, one teaspoon of cayenne, one-half cup of salt and two onions chopped fine.

Cook until thick, stirring constantly, seasoning with salt, cayenne, and made mustard.

Add one half cupful of stewed and strained tomatoes, a teaspoonful each of made mustard and sugar, and salt and cayenne to season highly.

She handed him a sandwich, but then she dabbed a little mustard on one nipple and coyly asked if he wanted to taste it.

It was entirely concerned with the affairs of things that grow and flourish in the bright sunlight, with the dogbane and the lily, the evening primrose and the silky foxglove and the yellow mustard tall beside the crabapple with its purple blossoms.

Jamie up in bed with a hot stone to his feet, a mustard plaster on his chest, and a hot tisane of aromatic peppermint and ephedra leaves to drink.

The bailiff of the manor provides furmety and mustard, and delivers to each shepherd a slice of cheese and a penny roll.

Myriad white beeswax candles in branched candelabra reflected in fanciful epergnes of crystal or silvered basketwork, golden salvers lifted on pedestals and filled with sweetmeats or condiments, sets of silver spice-casters elaborately gadrooned, their fretted lids decorated with intricately pierced patterns, crystal cruets of herbal vinegars and oils, porcelain mustard pots with a blue underglaze motif of starfish, oval dish-supports with heating-lamps underneath, mirrored plateaux and low clusters of realistic flowers and leaves made from silk.

Louren began building himself a sandwich of bread and cold slices of roast gemsbok fillet, smearing it with mustard.

As for that Salad Specialty, the poor Gink who calls loudly for English Mustard and thinks he is a Genius because he can rub a Bowl with a sprig of Garlic, may have his brief Hour of Triumph, but no man ever really got anywhere by doping Salad, when you stop to add it all up.

The menu offers a global selection, from tandoori chicken to roast rabbit with gnocchi and mustard cream sauce.

He wore a suit of a bright mustard colour, a blue necktie, and a goldish watch-chain across his waistcoat.