mush
noun/mʌʃ/
/mʌʃ/
- [uncountable, singular] (usually disapproving) a soft thick mass or mixture
- The vegetables had turned to mush.
- The ground was a mush of wet leaves.
- His insides suddenly felt like mush.
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- [uncountable] (North American English) a type of thick porridge made from corn (maize)
Word Originlate 17th cent. (referring to a thick porridge): apparently a variant of mash.
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