musty

5 letters in word "musty": M S T U Y.

No anagrams for musty found in this word list.

Words found within musty:

mu mus must mut muts my smut st stum sty sum tum tums um us ut uts yu yum yus

• Definitions:
• moldy: covered with or smelling of mold; "moldy bread"; "a moldy (or musty) odor" fusty: stale and unclean smelling
• Having an off-putting moldy or mildewy smell. The result of a wine being made from moldy grapes, stored in improperly cleaned tanks and barrels, or contaminated by a poor cork.
• Stale, dusty or rank aromas.
• A tea liquor in which there is suspicion of mold.
• Usually an indication that the wine is "corked," although some older wines may show an initial mustiness that blows off with time in the glass. Corked wines never improve with breathing.
• Having a moldy smell.
• an unpleasant smell resembling an old and humid cardboard box. Such a smell can be picked up by latex from environment or come into being by wrong (too humid?) storage. Possibly also certain chemical additives smell this way, because this smell often occurs together with metallic smell.
• A tasting term to describe a stale smell, sometimes dissipates with airing the wine, sometimes the result of a bad cork.
• somewhat similar to bottle stink, but not so definite, it is often indicative of poor wood aging or faulty handling, and seldom dissipates.
• A bunch of bad words. The first two terms relate to poor storage conditions, improper aging, or unpleasant earthiness. "Rioy" is an industry term for harshness, (pronounced ree-o-ee after Rio De Janiero), like poor quality low-grown Brazilian arabicas.
• (tasting term). Describes an off-putting, damp, moldy or mildewy smell or flavor in a wine. This is the result of wines being aged in dirty barrels or unkempt cellars or exposed to a bad cork. A definite flaw.
• A moldy odor.
• A flavor that often occurs due to poor storage or lack of sufficient drying, aging, or overheating. In aged coffee mustiness is not necessarily undesirable.
• The odour/flavour stimulus associated with the presence of mold or mildew decay of wood. A reference is geosmin.
• Wines aged in dirty barrels or unkept cellars or exposed to a bad cork take on a damp, musty character that is a flaw.
• A flavor often found in coffees as a result of over heating or improper drying.
• A pleasant "old" or "cellared" aroma sometimes found in aged coffees.
• A smell and taste taint caused by mildew; similar to earthy.
• a slight stuffy or moldy smell (not always a negative characteristic when in aged coffees)

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