mashed potatoes

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A serving of mashed potatoes (sense 1) in a bowl with two whole potatoes

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mashed potatoesCategory:English non-lemma forms#MASHEDPOTATOESCategory:English noun forms#MASHEDPOTATOESCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#MASHEDPOTATOESCategory:Pages with entries#MASHED%20POTATOESCategory:Pages with 1 entry#MASHED%20POTATOES

  1. plural of mashed potatoCategory:English plurals in -oes with singular in -o#MASHEDPOTATOES

Noun

mashed potatoes sg or plCategory:English lemmas#MASHEDPOTATOESCategory:English nouns#MASHEDPOTATOESCategory:English nouns construed as singular or plural#MASHEDPOTATOESCategory:English uncountable nouns#MASHEDPOTATOESCategory:English multiword terms#MASHEDPOTATOESCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#MASHEDPOTATOESCategory:English pluralia tantum#MASHEDPOTATOESCategory:Pages with entries#MASHED%20POTATOESCategory:Pages with 1 entry#MASHED%20POTATOES

  1. A dish consisting of potatoes that have been boiled, mashed to a pulpy consistency, and mixed with such ingredients as butter or milk.
    Synonyms: (chiefly UK) mash, mashed potato, mash potato, whipped potatoes
    Mashed potatoes is (or are) my favorite starch dish.Category:English terms with usage examples#MASHEDPOTATOES
  2. (skiingCategory:en:Skiing#MASHEDPOTATOES) Partially melted snow with a pulpy texture, making for slow skiing.
    • 19841 November, Richard C. Sailiant, “Ask Skiing [letter]”, in Skiing, page 38:
      During late-season skiing, I have encountered ice in the morning and mashed potatoes in the afternoon.
      Category:English terms with quotations#MASHEDPOTATOES
    • 1996 Spring-Summer, Morten Lund, “Skiing Down Those Golden Years with John Jay”, in Skiing Heritage Journal, page 7:
      The Eastern ski tribe could confidently expect much ice underfoot while the Western contingent could expect much mashed potatoes around the ankles.
      Category:English terms with quotations#MASHEDPOTATOES
    • 2001 October 1, Paul Parker, Free-Heel Skiing: Telemark and Parallel Techniques for All Conditions, 3rd edition, Seattle: The Mountaineers Books, →ISBN, →OL, page 185:
      I climbed back through the bottomless mashed potatoes as quickly as I could, relieved to see that his ski was off, with his foot pointing in a normal direction— not the skis’.
      Category:English terms with quotations#MASHEDPOTATOES
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see mash, potato.

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