mush
noun · verb
Simple meaning
A food including cracked or rolled grains cooked in water or milk.
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
muhshIPA pronunciation (US)
ˈmʌʃ
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
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Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
A food comprising cracked or rolled grains cooked in water or milk; porridge.
rustic US
Cornmeal cooked in water and served as a porridge or as a thick sidedish like grits or mashed potatoes.
A somewhat liquid mess, often of food; a soft or semisolid substance.
rustic US
Cornmeal boiled in water
A walk, especially across the snow with dogs.
A historically Armenian city in the Turuberan province of Greater Armenia, now in eastern Turkey.
verb
To squish so as to break into smaller pieces or to combine with something else.
intransitive
To walk, especially across the snow with dogs.
Drive (a team of dogs or a dogsled)
transitive
To drive dogs, usually pulling a sled, across the snow.
transitive
To notch, cut, or indent (cloth, etc.) with a stamp.
Word at a Glance
- Difficulty
- C2 · Proficient (estimated)
- Frequency
- Uncommon
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
Aura for this meaning
This meaning: A food comprising cracked or rolled grains cooked in water or milk; porridge.
Used this way, mush is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. This is a food and cooking use: everyday in kitchens and recipes.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Matter-of-fact
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
Where it naturally appears
- Cooking/food
- Everyday conversation
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