'Mashing' definitions:
Definition of 'Mashing'
From: 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]
Synonyms of 'mashing'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abrasion,
- atomization,
- attrition,
- beating,
- brecciation,
- comminution,
- crumbling,
- crushing,
- detrition,
- disintegration,
- fragmentation,
- granulation,
- granulization,
- grating,
- grinding,
- levigation,
- pounding,
- powdering,
- shredding,
- smashing,
- trituration