soft mass (noun)
1soft-paste porcelain — noun see soft paste I, 2 * * * soft paste porcelain «SFT PAYST, SOFT », a creamy white, translucent porcelain made from a white firing clay combined with a fusible silicate or mass of glass, sand, broken china, or the like …
2soft coral — noun : any member of the alcyonarian order Alcyonacea in which the polyp bases fuse into a fleshy mass partially supported by calcareous spicules and which are common in shallow tropical seas (as the Indian ocean) …
3blood clot — noun a semisolid mass of coagulated red and white blood cells • Syn: ↑grume • Derivationally related forms: ↑grumous (for: ↑grume) • Hypernyms: ↑blood * * * blood clot UK US …
4pease pudding — noun a pudding made with strained split peas mixed with egg • Regions: ↑United Kingdom, ↑UK, ↑U.K., ↑Britain, ↑United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, ↑Great Britain • Hypernyms: ↑pudd …
5bolus — noun (plural boluses) Etymology: Late Latin, from Greek bōlos lump Date: 1562 1. a rounded mass: as a. a large pill b. a soft mass of chewed food 2. a dose of a substance (as a drug) given intravenously; specific …
6mashed potato — noun potato that has been peeled and boiled and then mashed • Hypernyms: ↑potato, ↑white potato, ↑Irish potato, ↑murphy, ↑spud, ↑tater * * * mashed potato UK [ˌmæʃt pəˈteɪtəʊ] US [ˌmæʃt pəˈteɪtoʊ] nou …
7wadding — noun Date: 1627 1. wads or material for making wads 2. a soft mass or sheet of short loose fibers used for stuffing or padding …
8cotton wool — noun (U) BrE 1 a soft mass of cotton that you use especially for cleaning and protecting wounds: Cotton wool pads are good for removing make up. 2 wrap sb in cotton wool to protect someone completely from the dangers, difficulties etc of life:… …
9puree — noun (C, U) food that is boiled or crushed until it is a soft mass that is almost liquid: apple puree | tomato puree puree, purée verb (T) …
10purée — noun (C, U) food that is boiled or crushed until it is a soft mass that is almost liquid: apple puree | tomato puree puree, purée verb (T) …
