crisp-fried potatoes made by dicing, chopping, or mashing boiled potatoes and browning them in hot fat or oil.
Also, hash-browns, hashbrowns. Also called hash-browned potatoes, hash-brown potatoes.
[1950-55]
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hash browns or hash brown potatoes plural noun
Pre-cooked potatoes, diced or mashed, mixed with chopped onion, seasoned, and fried until brown
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Main Entry: ↑hash
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hash browns UK US noun [plural]
potatoes that are cut into very small pieces, pressed together, and cooked in oil
Thesaurus: cooked potatoeshyponym
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(also hashed browns) plural n. a dish of cooked potatoes, typically with onions added, that have been chopped into small pieces and fried until brown
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noun [plural]
: boiled potatoes that have been cut up, mixed with chopped onions and fat, and fried until brown — called also hash brown potatoes, hashed brown potatoes, hashed browns
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a dish of chopped potatoes and onions, fried until they are brown
Useful english dictionary. 2012.