MUSTARD


Meaning of MUSTARD in English

mus ‧ tard /ˈmʌstəd $ -ərd/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable]

[ Date: 1100-1200 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: moustarde , from moust 'grape juice' , from Latin mustum ; ⇨ ↑ must 2 ]

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 ↑ keen 1 (4)

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.