MASH

n.	1.	(Mil.) An abbreviation for Mobile Army Surgical Hospital, consisting of the equipment and personnel required to perform emergency operations on injured soldiers, located in tents near the front lines of combat; as, he worked in the 25th MASH.
	1.	A mesh.
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	1.	(Brewing) A mass of mixed ingredients reduced to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure; a mass of anything in a soft pulpy state. Specifically (Brewing), ground or bruised malt, or meal of rye, wheat, corn, or other grain (or a mixture of malt and meal) steeped and stirred in hot water for making the wort.
	2.	A mixture of meal or bran and water fed to animals.
	3.	A mess; trouble. Mash tun a large tub used in making mash and wort.
v. t.	1.	(Brewing) To convert into a mash; to reduce to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure; to bruise; to crush; as, to mash apples in a mill, or potatoes with a pestle. [imp. & p. p. Mashed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Mashing.] Mashing tub a tub for making the mash in breweries and distilleries; - called also mash tun, and mash vat.

Noun	1.	mash - a mixture of mashed malt grains and hot water; used in brewing
	2.	mash - mixture of ground animal feeds
Verb	1.	mash - to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition; "crush an aluminum can"; "squeeze a lemon" Synonyms: squash, squeeze, crush, squelch
	2.	mash - talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions; "The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries"; "My husband never flirts with other women" Synonyms: chat up, coquet, coquette, flirt, philander, romance, butterfly, dally
	3.	mash - reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading; "grind the spices in a mortar"; "mash the garlic" Synonyms: comminute, bray, grind, crunch

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