mashing

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}.
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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