mus‧tard /ˈmʌstəd $ -ərd/ noun [uncountable]
[Date: 1100-1200; Language: Old French; Origin: moustarde, from moust 'grape juice', from Latin mustum; ⇒ must²]

1. a yellow sauce with a strong taste, eaten especially with meat

2. a plant with yellow flowers and seeds that are used to make mustard sauce

3. a yellow-brown colour

4. cut the mustard informal to be good enough to do something:
Other magazines have tried to copy ZAPP, but have never quite cut the mustard.
⇒ keen as mustard at keen¹(4)

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

mustard
noun
ADJ. hot Add some hot English mustard.
mild | wholegrain | Dijon, English, French
VERB + MUSTARD spread (sth with) Spread the bread thinly with mustard.
add, mix (sth with) Mix together the mustard and olive oil.
eat sth with, serve sth with
MUSTARD + NOUN seed | powder | sauce | colour
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[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

mustard
ˈmʌstəd
See: cut the mustard

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