mush C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities US /mʌʃ/ UK /mʌʃ/ See IPA manual Minimal pairs Sounds like muss /s/ vs /ʃ/ Meanings 1 noun a soft, pulpy mass, or sentimental nonsense The overcooked vegetables had collapsed into a tasteless mush. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a soft, pulpy mass, or... pulppapslushmashporridgesentimentalitydrivelschmaltz Word family Derived forms mushymushilymushiness Related forms mash Etymology AI details 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 View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # mush **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **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 markdown