mush

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /mʌʃ/ UK /mʌʃ/ See IPA manual

Minimal pairs

Sounds like muss /s/ vs /ʃ/

noun verb

Meanings

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noun
a soft, pulpy mass, or sentimental nonsense

The overcooked vegetables had collapsed into a tasteless mush.

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Synonyms

1 noun · a soft, pulpy mass, or... pulp pap slush mash porridge sentimentality drivelschmaltz

Word family

Derived forms mushymushilymushiness

Related forms mash

Etymology

Probably a variant of mash, from Old English masc ('mash, mixture used in brewing'). The sense 'sentimental drivel' is a 19th-century figurative extension.

masc Old English

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Describing Qualities

# mush

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun, verb
**IPA (US):** mʌʃ
**IPA (UK):** mʌʃ

## Meanings
1. a soft, pulpy mass, or sentimental nonsense

## Examples
- The overcooked vegetables had collapsed into a tasteless mush.

## Synonyms
- pulp
- pap
- slush
- mash
- porridge
- sentimentality
- drivel
- schmaltz

## Derived Forms
- mushy
- mushily
- mushiness

## Related Forms
- mash

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: masc

## Etymology
Probably a variant of mash, from Old English masc ('mash, mixture used in brewing'). The sense 'sentimental drivel' is a 19th-century figurative extension.

## AI Etymology
Mush is probably a variant of mash, from Old English masc ('mash, mixture used in brewing'). The sense 'sentimental drivel' is a 19th-century figurative extension. The etymological trail includes Old English masc. The same word family includes mushy, mushily, mushiness, mash. Its current noun use means "a soft, pulpy mass, or sentimental nonsense".

## Topics
- Describing Qualities

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