Topic: COLOURS
| Date: | 1100-1200 |
| Language: | Old French |
| Origin: | moustarde, from moust 'grape juice', from Latin mustum; MUST2 |
| |||||||||
mus‧tard
[uncountable]
[uncountable]1DF a yellow sauce with a strong taste, eaten especially with meat
2HBPDF a plant with yellow flowers and seeds that are used to make mustard sauce
3CC a yellow-brown colour
4 to be good enough to do something :
Other magazines have tried to copy ZAPP, but have never quite cut the mustard.
cut the mustard
informal
Other magazines have tried to copy ZAPP, but have never quite cut the mustard.
