reduce (food or other substance) to a soft mass by crushing it

mash the beans to a paste

(in brewing) mix (powdered malt) with hot water to form wort

the barley is dried out over peat fires and mashed with water which flows through peat ground

(with reference to tea) brew or infuse

I've just mashed a pot of tea

we'd let the pot mash for ten minutes

a soft mass made by crushing a substance into a pulp, sometimes with the addition of liquid

pound the garlic to a mash

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