hash browns

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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hash browns UK US noun [plural]

potatoes that are cut into very small pieces, pressed together, and cooked in oil

Thesaurus: cooked potatoes_hyponym

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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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ˌhash ˈbrowns f2 [hash browns] noun plural (NAmE)

a dish of chopped potatoes and onions, fried until they are brown