mussel
pronunciation
How to pronounce mussel in British English:
UK [ˈmʌsl]
How to pronounce mussel in American English:
US [ˈmʌsəl]
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- Noun:
- black marine bivalves usually steamed in wine
- marine or freshwater bivalve mollusk that lives attached to rocks etc.
Word Origin
- mussel
- mussel: see muscle
- mussel (n.)
- Old English muscle, musscel "shellfish, mussel," from Late Latin muscula (source of Old French musle, Modern French moule, Middle Dutch mosscele, Dutch mossel, Old High German muscula, German Muschel), from Latin musculus "mussel," literally "little mouse," also "muscle;" like muscle, derived from mus "mouse" on the perceived similarity of size and shape. The modern spelling, distinguishing the word from muscle, first recorded c. 1600, not fully established until 1870s.
Example
- 1. Paul is then left to choose one box to open to retrieve the mussel .
- 2. Clam or mussel stew with greens and beans : this wonderful winter seafood stew is easy to make and to serve .
- 3. The fantasies include a delicate mussel and smoked tofu salad and shimmering watercress soup flecked with slivers of razor clam and foie gras .