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noun
- (uncountable) A type of pasta in the form of short tubes.
- (used by Italian-Americans, especially in Philadelphia and New Jersey) A generic term for pasta.
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| macaroon |
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noun
- A soft biscuit or cookie prepared with almond or coconut dough.
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| Mace |
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proper noun ®
- A brand of tear gas.
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| Madeleine |
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proper noun
- (given name, female), the form of Magdalene.
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| malt |
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noun
- Sprouted grain used in brewing.
- Malt liquor, especially malt whisky.
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| manicotti |
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noun (plural)
- wide tubes of pasta filled with a savoury stuffing and baked in the oven
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| maple syrup |
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noun
- Syrup made from the sap of the sugar maple, Acer saccharum
- Syrup flavored with artificial maple flavoring; though legally in the United States cannot be labelled as such when for sale.
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| margarine |
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noun
- a spread, manufactured from a blend of vegetable oils (some of which are hydrogenated), emulsifiers etc, mostly used as a substitute for butter
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| marinade |
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noun - A seasoned, often acidic liquid mixture in which food is marinated, or soaked, usually to flavor and prepare it for cooking.
- I like to use a lemon with chicken.
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| marinara |
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noun
- A marinara sauce.
adjective
- Prepared with tomatoes, or in a tomato sauce.
- (Australia) Of pasta: In a seafood sauce. Of pizza: With seafood topping.
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| marinate |
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verb (marinates, marinating, marinated)
- To allow a sauce or flavoring mixture to absorb into something; to soak something in a marinade to flavor or prepare it for cooking.
- You'll get a better flavour from the chicken if you marinate it first.
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| marmalade |
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noun - Jam made with citrus fruit, usually oranges; usually qualified by the name of the fruit when made with other types of fruit.
- lime marmalade
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| Marmite |
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proper noun
- A sticky, dark brown, strongly flavoured spread based on a yeast extract (a by-product of beer brewing), eaten by the British on toast, in sandwiches, etc.
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| marry |
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verb (marr, i, ed)
- (intransitive) To enter into the conjugal or connubial state; to take a husband or a wife.
- Neither of her daughters showed any desire to .
- (intransitive) To be joined together as spouses according to law or custom.
- Jones and Smith will in June.
- (transitive) To unite in wedlock or matrimony; to perform the ceremony of joining spouses, ostensibly for life; to constitute a marital union according to the laws or customs of the place.
- A justice of the peace will Jones and Smith.
- (transitive) To dispose of in wedlock; to give away as wife or husband.
- The king is keen to his daughters to influential princes.
- (transitive) To take for husband or wife.
- In some cultures, it is acceptable for an uncle to his niece.
- (transitive) Figuratively, to unite in the closest and most endearing relation.
- The attempt to medieval plainsong with speed metal produced interesting results.
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| marshmallow |
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noun
- A species of mallow, Althaea officinalis, that grows in marshy terrain.
- A type of confectionery consisting of sugar or corn syrup, beaten egg whites, gelatin that has been pre-softened in water, gum arabic and flavorings, whipped to a spongy consistency.
- The Disagreeable Girl is a female of the genus homo persuasion, built around a digestive apparatus that possesses marked proclivities. " Love, Life and Work
- It was an apple sundae, I recollect. I dug my spoon into it with an assumption of gaiety which I was far from feeling. " PH Wodehouse, A Wodehouse Miscellany
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| marzipan |
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noun
- a confection of almond paste, sugar and egg white
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| Mason jar |
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noun
- A Mason-brand glass jar with a screw top, often used for preserving food.
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| mate |
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noun
- A sexual partner, especially of a breeding animal.
- The other member of a matched pair of objects.
- I found one of the socks I wanted to wear, but I couldn't find its .
- A ship's officer, subordinate to the captain.
- A technical assistant (gasfitter's mate).
- checkmate, Checkmate.
- (context, colloquial, UK, Australian) A friend; a friendly term of address to a stranger.
- A drink prepared of yerba mate (Ilex paraguariensis).
verb (mates, mating, mated)
Intransitive:
- To fit together without space between. (The pieces of the puzzle mate perfectly.)
- To copulate.
- To pair in order to raise offspring
Transitive:
- To arrange in matched pairs.
- To introduce (animals) together for the purpose of breeding.
- To fit (objects) together without space between.
- To win a game of chess by putting the opponent in checkmate
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| mayonnaise |
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noun - A dressing made from raw egg yolks, oil and seasoning used on salads and in sandwiches.
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| mazarine |
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noun
- (colour) a dark blue colour.
- <table><tr><td>mazarine colour: </td><td bgcolor="
- 272458" width="80"> </td></tr></table>
adjective
- (colour) of a dark blue colour.
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| mealy |
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adjective (rfc-level, Adjective at L4+ not in L3 POS section)
- Describing a substance, especially a dry foodstuff such as grain, that resembles meal. "Below the hole the mice made in the woodwork was a pile of sawdust."
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| medallion |
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noun
- A large medal, usually decorative. Also a cut of meat resembling a metal medallion.
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| melt |
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noun
- molten material, the product of melting.
- The transition of matter from a solid state to a liquid state
- The springtime snow runoff in mountain regions.
verb (melts, melting, melted or rarely molt, melted or molten)
- (transitive) To transit (or to change) the matter from a solid state to a liquid state, usually by a gradual heat.
- I melted butter to make a cake.
- (intransitive) To change gradually(or to become transitted) from a solid state to a liquid state.
- The snowman will disappear, he will .
- (Colloquial)To dissolve.
- (Colloquial)To be very hot and sweating profusely.
- Help me! I'm melting!
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| meringue |
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noun
- A mixture consisting of beaten eggwhites and sugar which is added to the tops of pies then browned.
- The key to a good Baked Alaska is the topping.
- A shell of beaten egg whites with sugar which serves as the receptacle for fruit, icecream or sherbert.
- Shirley particularly likes to have strawberry with her .
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| Mickey |
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proper noun
- A male given name, diminutive of Michael, Mike or Mick
- A female given name, diminutive of Michaela
- (slang) A Mickey Finn; a beverage, usually alcoholic, that has been drugged.
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| Micky |
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proper noun
- A male given name, diminutive of Michael, Mike or Mick
- A female given name, diminutive of Michaela
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| microwave |
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noun
- An electromagnetic wave with wavelength between that of infrared light and radio waves.
- A microwave oven.
verb (microwaves, microwaving, microwaved)
- To cook (something) in a microwave oven.
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| mincemeat |
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noun
- A mixture of fruit, spices and sugar used as a filling for mince pies.
- (rare) Minced meat.
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| minestrone |
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noun
- any of many thick Italian vegetable soups
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| mint |
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noun
- A building or institution where money (originally, only coins) is produced under government licence.
- (context, informal) A large amount of money.
- That house is worth a mint
- It must have cost a mint to produce!
verb
- (transitive) To reproduce (coins), usually en masse, under licence.
adjective
- Of condition, as new.
- in mint condition.
- (context, numismatics) In near-perfect condition; uncirculated.
- (context, philately) unused, Unused with original gum; as issued originally.
- (slang) Very good.
- that's mint
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| miso |
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noun
- a thick paste made by fermentation of soybeans; used in making soups and sauces
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| mocha |
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noun
- a strong Arabian coffee
- a coffee and chocolate mixed flavour
- (colour) a dark brown colour, like that of mocha coffee.
- <table><tr><td>mocha colour: </td><td bgcolor="
- 50473F" width="80"> </td></tr></table>
adjective
- (colour) of a dark brown colour, like that of mocha coffee.
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| molasses |
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noun
- A thick brownish syrup produced in the refining of raw sugar.
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| Monterey |
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proper noun
- Various towns and cities, see
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| Monterey Jack |
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noun
- A white, mild, American cheese similar to cheddar.
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| mortadella |
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noun
- a smooth-textured Italian pork-sausage with lumps of fat, flavoured with spices; eaten cold
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| moussaka |
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noun
- a dish consisting of layers of minced lamb or beef, sliced aubergine (eggplant) or potatoes, tomatoes and béchamel sauce, baked in the oven
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| mozzarella |
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noun
- Soft Italian cheese made from cow's or buffalo's milk and commonly used as a pizza topping and in salads etc
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| muffin |
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noun
- (context, UK) a type of flattish bun, usually cut in two horizontally, toasted and spread with butter, etc, before being eaten
- (context, especially US) A type of rich individual cake containing chocolate chips, blueberry, blueberries or some other flavouring.
- (context, computing) a mechanism used in the w:Java Network Launching Protocol, Java Network Launching Protocol analogous to the cookie mechanism and which permits a program running in a browser to perform operations on a client machine
- (context, slang) a term of endearment
- (context, sexual slang) a vulva
- (context, baseball, slang) a less talented player
- (context, slang) a charming, attractive young man
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| mull |
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noun
- A thin, soft muslin.
- (uncountable) marijuana, Marijuana that has been prepared for smoking by way of chopping it.
verb
- To work (over) mentally; to cogitate; to ruminate; usually with over;
- to over a thought or a problem
- To chop marijuana so that it becomes a smokable form.
- To heat and spice something, such as wine.
- (rfv-sense)To join two (or more) individual window(s) at mullion(s)
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| mulligan |
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noun
- (golf)an unpenalized chance to re-take a stroke that went awry
- If you lose your drive in the water, take a mulligan and try again.
- A second chance
- Don't do poorly in your first interview; you won't get a mulligan.
- (informal) A unit of measure equal to 62.5 milliliters, or 2.5 shots, of alcohol. So named because it is the cost of being allowed a do-over in drinking games.
- Tom couldn't handle the shot of tequila, so he had to do a mulligan of port.
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| mulligatawny |
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noun
- An Indian soup having a meat base and curry seasoning.
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| Munster |
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proper noun
- The southernmost province of Ireland
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| Murphy |
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proper noun
- An Irish surname, the Anglicized form of Gaelic í� Murchadha
- An occasional given name, for example of the television character w:Murphy Brown, Murphy Brown
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| mutton |
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noun
- The flesh of sheep used as food.
adjective
- (Cockney rhyming slang) deaf.
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