Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
white crystalline compound used as a food additive to enhance flavor;
often used in Chinese cooking;
- Example: "food manufacturers sometimes list MSG simply as `artificial flavors' in ingredient lists"[syn: monosodium glutamate, MSG]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
MSG \MSG\ n.
See monosodium glutamate.
Syn: monosodium glutamate.
[WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
MSG
n 1: white crystalline compound used as a food additive to
enhance flavor; often used in Chinese cooking; "food
manufacturers sometimes list MSG simply as `artificial
flavors' in ingredient lists" [syn: monosodium glutamate,
MSG]