Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: mustard
IPA transcription: [m'ʌstɚd]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: mustard, mustard_greens, leaf_mustard, Indian_mustard
    Meaning: leaves eaten as cooked greens
  • Synonyms: mustard, table_mustard
    Meaning: pungent powder or paste prepared from ground mustard seeds
  • Synonyms: mustard
    Meaning: any of several cruciferous plants of the genus Brassica
Usage examples
  • "But mustard is too hot."
  • Missis is upstairs, fixing the mustard."
  • "What do you say to a dish of beef and mustard?"
  • "No," said the servant, "you must have the mustard, or you get no beef from me."
  • But she must have been a long time "fixing" the mustard; whatever that might mean.
  • "Why, then, the beef, and let the mustard go," cried Katharine, who was getting hungrier and hungrier.
  • Old Ketch thought mustard the greatest condiment that tripe could be accompanied by, in conjunction with onions.
  • Mix with 1 tablespoonful of butter; season with salt and pepper, a pinch each of mustard, cayenne, nutmeg and curry-powder and moisten with lemon-juice.
  • They roused him with muffins--they roused him with ice-- They roused him with mustard and cress-- They roused him with jam and judicious advice-- They set him conundrums to guess.
  • Well, you're right, you're right. Some people like mustard with turnips, but--now there was Baron Poniatowski--Lord, but that man did know how to live!--true Russian you know, Russian to the back bone; I say to my wife, give me a Russian every time, for a table comrade.