mustard

Speech parts

1. mustard - Noun

2. mustard - Adjective

3. Mustard - Proper noun

Meaning

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

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.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

table mustard spice seasoning condiment indian mustard leaf mustard mustard greens amber golden cress daffodil curry tawny salt pepper
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Antonyms

redwood acorn dogwood acacia mocha maple
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Hypernyms

condiment crucifer cruciferous plant cruciferous vegetable

Hyponyms

rape colza charlock indian mustard leaf mustard chinese mustard

Phrases with the word

cut the mustard keen as mustard cutting the mustard as keen as mustard table mustard broadbeaked mustard

Anagrams

durmast

Examples

We wove a web in childhood, A web of sunny air; We dug a spring in infancy Of water pure and fair; We sowed in youth a mustard seed, We cut an almond rod; We are now grown up to riper age— Are they withered in the sod? Charlotte Brontë

Courage, not cleverness; not even inspiration, is the grain of mustard that grows up to be a great tree. Ludwig Wittgenstein

Anyone who's tried to pay a heating bill, fill a prescription, or simply buy groceries knows all too well that the current minimum wage does not cut the mustard. Sherrod Brown

Knowing where Abraham gets the mustard. Dutch Proverb

A kiss without a moustache is like beef without mustard. Italian Proverb

Mustard after the meal. Dutch Proverb

Close letter words and terms

mustang mint mustanging Mustapha mustard agent mustard aphid mustard family