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  1. noun A fermentable starchy mixture from which alcohol or spirits can be distilled.
  2. noun A mixture of ground grain and nutrients fed to livestock and fowl.
  3. noun A soft pulpy mixture or mass.
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  • Here we have a word game that's kind of like a mash-up between Scrabble and Boggle. —  David Merrill demos Siftables
  • The result of a combination of multiple, online services to form a new facility is called a mash-up. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • I'm sure Darwin will have plenty of reax (my new favorite word mash-up) from last night's speech for you, but here was the best image of the night. —  DarwinCatholic
  • But in this mish-mash, they confuse two very different sectors - Duncan Smith's romantic Victorian vision of little battalions and the burgeoning third sector that increasingly takes on government contracts. —  The Guardian World News
  • What excites me about this DJ Hero is the idea of mash-ups and the possibility of playing around with that. —  MuchMusic.com | Blog
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  1. Middle English mash- (as in mashfat, mash tub), from Old English *māsc, *mǣsc, māx- (in māxwyrt, wort); see meik- in Indo-European roots. V., sense 5, perhaps from Romany mash, to entice.

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  1. Formerly also mesh, whence by corruption mess (see mess); from Middle English masche, maske, from Anglo-Saxon *masc, transposed *māx (in comp. māxwyrt, mash-wort) = North Friesic mask, grains, mash, = Middle High German meisch, mash, also mead, German meisch, meische, maisch, mash (of malt), = Swedish mäsk, dial. mask = Danish mask, grains, mash. The noun appears to be older than the verb, and to be connected with mix, Anglo-Saxon mis-cian (see mix); but some confusion with other words seems to have taken place. Cf. mash, v. Hence mish-mash.
  2. Formerly also mesh, meash; Scots also mask; from Middle English mashen, maschen, meschen, mash, = German meischen, mash, stir, mix, = Swedish mäske, mix, = Danish mœske, mash, fatten pigs with grains; apparently from the noun. Cf. Gaelic and Irish masg, mix, infuse, steep. The word may have been partly confused with Old French mascher, French mâcher, chew: see masticate. Smash is a different word.
  3. Hindustani māsh, from Sanskrit māsha, a bean, pulse.
 

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