- a thick cold yellow or brown sauce, made from the seeds of some mustard plants, that tastes hot and spicy and is usually eaten with meat
- a jar of mustard
- mustard powder
- French/English mustard
- Mix together the mustard and olive oil.
- Spread the bread thinly with mustard.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- hot
- spicy
- mild
- …
- spread (something with)
- add
- mix (something with)
- …
- plant
- seed
- oil
- …
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- a small plant with yellow flowers, grown for its seeds that are used to make mustardOxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
- hot
- spicy
- mild
- …
- spread (something with)
- add
- mix (something with)
- …
- plant
- seed
- oil
- …
- (British English) the leaves of the mustard plant that are eaten raw in salads
- mustard and cress (= leaves of white mustard grown with cress)
- a salad of red mustard leaves and spinach
- a colour between yellow and brownTopics Colours and Shapesc2Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
- hot
- spicy
- mild
- …
- spread (something with)
- add
- mix (something with)
- …
- plant
- seed
- oil
- …
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French moustarde, from Latin mustum ‘must’, ‘grape juice before or during fermentation’. Mustard was originally prepared with grape must.
Idioms
See mustard in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary(not) cut the mustard
- to (not) be as good as expected or required
- I didn't cut the mustard as a hockey player.
(as) keen as mustard
- (British English, informal) wanting very much to do well at something; enthusiastic
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