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MUST-uh-d/ˈmʌstəd/

Mustard is a yellow or brown hot sauce eaten with meat, sausages, or sandwiches. Usually uncountable: some mustard, English mustard, a jar of mustard. Ketchup is red and sweet-tomato; mayonnaise is white and not hot. Not custard (a sweet yellow dessert sauce) — different first letter.

Meaning

A yellow or brown hot sauce eaten with meat, sausages, or sandwiches.

Examples

• “Would you like mustard with your sausage?”
• “This mustard is too hot for the children.”
• “He put mustard on his ham sandwich.”

Good to know

uncountable: mustard. Contrast: ketchup (red), mayonnaise (white). Mix-up: custard.

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