MASH /(?)/
MASH
n.
- An abbreviation for Mobile Army Surgical Hospital, consisting of the equipment and personnel required to perform emergency operations on injured soldiers, located in tents near the front lines of combat; as, he worked in the 25th MASH. (Mil.)
Mash
n.
- A mesh. [Obs.]
Mash
n.
- A mass of mixed ingredients reduced to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure; a mass of anything in a soft pulpy state. Specifically (Brewing), ground or bruised malt, or meal of rye, wheat, corn, or other grain (or a mixture of malt and meal) steeped and stirred in hot water for making the wort. (Brewing)
- A mixture of meal or bran and water fed to animals.
- A mess; trouble. [Obs.]
Phrases & Compounds
- Mash tun
- a large tub used in making mash and wort.
Mash
v. t.
imp. & p. p. Mashed; p. pr. & vb. n. Mashing
- To convert into a mash; to reduce to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure; to bruise; to crush; as, to mash apples in a mill, or potatoes with a pestle. (Brewing)
Phrases & Compounds
- Mashing tub
- a tub for making the mash in breweries and distilleries; -- called also mash tun, and mash vat.