mustard

Everyday

1. Mustard is a hot-tasting yellow or brown paste or sauce made from the seeds of the mustard plant, eaten with meat and hot dogs. tree →
2. The mustard plant has small yellow flowers and tiny seeds. tree →
3. A dark yellow colour. tree →
4. (UK, informal) «Keen as mustard» means very eager. tree →
5. «Cut the mustard» (informal) means be good enough. tree →
6. Mustard can also mean the leafy green plant of the mustard family, eaten as a vegetable. tree →

In the lessons

In everyday food, mustard goes on sandwiches and hot dogs. In science, children grow cress and mustard seeds on wet paper. In religious education, Jesus' parable of the mustard seed says the kingdom of God grows from something tiny into something big. Phrases: «mustard seed», «English mustard», «keen as mustard», «cut the mustard».

Examples

• Dad puts mustard on his hot dog. tree →
• We grew mustard and cress on cotton wool. tree →
• The mustard seed is tiny, but the plant grows big. tree →
• Jesus told the parable of the mustard seed. tree →
• She wore a mustard-yellow jumper. tree →
• English mustard is very hot! tree →
• The new player is keen as mustard. tree →
• I got mustard, en poke salid, en lam's quarter in dat baskit, en me en my ole 'oman gwineter sample it. tree →

Note

Uncountable (no plural). Idioms: «keen as mustard» (UK), «cut the mustard» (good enough). Mustard is hot in taste, not in temperature.