mash vs powder

mash

verb
  • To convert into a mash; to reduce to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure 

  • To press. 

  • To press (a button) rapidly and repeatedly. 

  • To press down hard (on). 

  • To flirt, to make eyes, to make romantic advances. 

  • To prepare a cup of tea in a teapot; to brew (tea). 

  • In brewing, to convert (for example malt, or malt and meal) into the mash which makes wort. 

noun
  • A gun. 

  • Mashed potatoes. 

  • A mixture of meal or bran and water fed to animals. 

  • 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. 

  • A mass of mixed ingredients reduced to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure; a mass of anything in a soft pulpy state. 

powder

verb
  • To reduce to fine particles; to pound, grind, or rub into a powder. 

  • To sprinkle with powder, or as if with powder. 

  • To turn into powder; to become powdery. 

  • To depart suddenly; to "take a powder". 

  • To use powder on the hair or skin. 

noun
  • A mixture of fine dry, sweet-smelling particles applied to the face or other body parts, to reduce shine or to alleviate chaffing. 

  • An explosive mixture used in gunnery, blasting, etc.; gunpowder. 

  • The fine particles which are the result of reducing a dry substance by pounding, grinding, or triturating, or the result of decay; dust. 

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