mashed potato
70
1.0
- noun
- /mæʃt pəˈteɪtoʊ/
:
puré de patatas
- For dinner, I had meatloaf and a generous serving of mashed potatoes.
- gravy and mashed potatoes
- chicken and mashed potatoes
- garlic mashed potatoes
My dad asks who makes the best Mashed potato in the world?
- My dad asks who makes the best Mashed potato in the world?
- Just just just just crunchy kind of scrambled eggs, mashed potatoes, popcorn popping.
Examples
-
And I wanted extra gravy on my mashed potatoes.
-
I want a rib eye steak with mashed potatoes and a large green salad.
-
May I please have some more mashed potatoes?
-
Let me have some mashed potatoes.
-
It's chicken and mashed potatoes...
-
But definitely the best of the day was the loaded mashed potatoes and the wings.
-
His plate was heaped high with roast beef and mashed potatoes.
Fiction book (1998) -
Mashed potatoes, please.
-
We both loaded our plates with roast beef, chicken, mashed potatoes, and veggies.
Fiction book (1992) -
Then we've got mashed potatoes with the beef Stew, garlic bread.
Synonyms
4
3.9
A smooth thick paste made by mashing or blending food
How Smooth
29
3.0
70
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a serving of potatoes that have been mashed' is directly and literally derived from combining 'mash' (to make soft or pulpy) with 'potato' (the starchy tuber). This past-participle + noun composition is a straightforward, cross-linguistically common pattern describing food preparation, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the dish.
Etymology
The dish called mashed potato comes from the simple cooking action: to mash means 'to crush' and a potato is a vegetable. So, the words show potatoes crushed into a soft, creamy side dish, which is why the phrase means that cooked potato dish today.