From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishmustardmus‧tard /ˈmʌstəd $ -ərd/ ●●○ noun [uncountable] 1 DFa yellow sauce with a strong taste, eaten especially with meat2 HBPDFa plant with yellow flowers and seeds that are used to make mustard sauce3 CCa yellow-brown colour4 → cut the mustard → keen as mustard at keen1(4)
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mustard• Imagine what Colbert would do today to Dijon mustard.• I wonder who first decided that we shouldn't eat mustard with lamb?• The child received a package of coupons for free mustard.• It looks so yellow, like mustard.• Sara silently handed him the ingredients he wanted and found the mustard pot.• To make vinaigrette, in a small bowl, whisk together vinegar, mustard, and basil.• Meanwhile, combine vinegars, mustard and pepper in a food processor and blend until combined.Origin mustard (1100-1200) Old French moustarde, from moust “grape juice”, from Latin mustum; → MUST2 