mashed potatoes

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Noun

mashed potatoes

1. plural of mashed potato

Noun

mashed potatoes sg or pl

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.

2. (skiing) 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.

   • 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.

   • 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’.

3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see mash,‎ potato.

Derived terms

• instant mashed potatoes
• smashed potatoes

Related terms

• mashed-potatoey

Translations

dish

Afrikaans: kapokaartappels Armenian: պյուրե (hy) (pyure) Bulgarian: картофено пюре n (kartofeno pjure) Catalan: puré de patates m Chinese: Cantonese: 薯蓉 (syu4 jung4), 薯茸 (syu4 jung4) Mandarin: 馬鈴薯泥 / 马铃薯泥 (zh) (mǎlíngshǔ ní), 薯蓉 (zh) (shǔróng), 洋芋泥 (zh) (yángyùní), 薯泥 (zh) (shǔní), 土豆泥 (zh) (tǔdòuní), (Hong Kong) Cornish: avalow dor brewys m pl, tetti browys m, brows (collective) Czech: bramborová kaše f Danish: kartoffelmos c Dutch: aardappelpuree (nl) f Esperanto: terpomkaĉo Estonian: kartulipuder (et), kartulipüree Finnish: perunasose (fi), perunamuusi (fi) (dish); soseutettu peruna, muusattu peruna (one mashed potato) French: purée (fr) f, purée de pommes de terre f, patates pilées (fr) f (Canada) Georgian: კარტოფილის პიურე (ḳarṭopilis ṗiure) German: Kartoffelbrei (de) m, Kartoffelpüree (de) n Greek: πουρές (el) m (pourés) Hebrew: פִּירֵה (he) m Hungarian: burgonyapüré (hu), krumplipüré (hu) Icelandic: kartöflumús f Irish: brúitín m Italian: purè di patate m, purea (it) f Japanese: マッシュポテト (masshu poteto) Karelian: potakkahuttu (krl) Korean: 매시드 포테이토 (maesideu poteito) Ladin: piré de patac m Malay: kentang putar Manx: praaseyn broojit f, praaseyn lahnit f Mongolian: нухсан төмс (nuxsan töms) Norwegian: Bokmål: potetmos m, potetstappe m or f Nynorsk: potetmos m, potetstappe f Persian: پوره سیب‌زمینی (pure sib-zamini) Polish: purée ziemniaczane n Portuguese: purê de batata m (Brazil), purê de batatas m (Brazil), puré de batata m (Portugal), puré de batatas m (Portugal) Romanian: piure (ro) n, pireu de cartofi n Romansch: buglia da tartuffels f Russian: карто́фельное пюре́ (ru) n (kartófelʹnoje pjurɛ́), пюре́ (ru) n (pjurɛ́) Scots: champers pl Scottish Gaelic: buntàta pronn m, brúitín m Slovene: krompirjeva kaša f Spanish: puré de papas m, puré de papa m, puré de patatas m, puré patatero m, puré papero m Swedish: potatismos (sv) n Tagalog: kamas na patatas Turkish: patates püresi (tr) Ukrainian: карто́пляне пюре́ n (kartópljane pjuré), пюре́ n (pjuré) Vietnamese: khoai tây nghiền Welsh: (North Wales) tatws stwnsh f pl, (South Wales) tato pwtsh f pl Yiddish: קאַשע־בולבע f (kashe-bulbe)

partially melted snow

Finnish: sohjo (fi) German: Schneematsch (de) m Polish: częściowo rozpuszczony śnieg m

See also

• duchess potatoes
• fufu
• whipped potatoes