msg

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noun 3name 1verb 1

Collocations

ADJ.

allergic, bad, flavoured

I'm allergic to msg, so I always check the ingredients before eating takeout food.

VERB + MSG

use

I'll use msg with the collocate "use": I use msg in my cooking to add extra flavor to Asian dishes.

PREP.

in, with

I sent him a msg with the details about tomorrow's meeting.

ADV.

always, often, really

I always msg my friends when I'm running late to class.

Definitions

noun

Initialism of monosodium glutamate.

“We use it in drinks. We use it in desserts. We use it in savory food. It’s in almost everything. Salt, sugar and MSG – I always joke that they’re the Chinese Trinity of seasonings.”

Any chemically free glutamate.

name

Initialism of Madison Square Garden.

noun

Abbreviation of message.

Of the msgs on the voicemail we checked, what surprised us the most were the appointment confirmations from gun ranges and attendance requests from Hasidics seeking a minyan.

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Example Bank

“We use it in drinks. We use it in desserts. We use it in savory food. It’s in almost everything. Salt, sugar and MSG – I always joke that they’re the Chinese Trinity of seasonings.”

Wiktionary

Of the msgs on the voicemail we checked, what surprised us the most were the appointment confirmations from gun ranges and attendance requests from Hasidics seeking a minyan.

Wiktionary

Some Chinese food has a lot of MSG in it.

Tatoeba · #5363791

I always have headaches after eating at Asian restaurants because they use MSG.

Tatoeba · #5399211

Tom is allergic to MSG.

Tatoeba · #5673042

Asian cuisine is often flavoured with MSG.

Tatoeba · #5673043

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