Mashing

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Mash \Mash\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mashed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Mashing}.] [Akin to G. meischen, maischen, to mash, mix, and
     prob. to mischen, E. mix. See 2d {Mash}.]
     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. Specifically (Brewing),


     to convert, as malt, or malt and meal, into the mash which
     makes wort.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     {Mashing tub}, a tub for making the mash in breweries and
        distilleries; -- called also {mash tun}, and {mash vat}.
        [1913 Webster]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  21 Moby Thesaurus words for "mashing":
     abrasion, atomization, attrition, beating, brecciation,
     comminution, crumbling, crushing, detrition, disintegration,
     fragmentation, granulation, granulization, grating, grinding,
     levigation, pounding, powdering, shredding, smashing,
     trituration