mashed potato-y
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.31 in modern English
24
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Example Sentences
- "The rosemary in the potato cake leapt off the plate—mashed potato-y inside and crisped on the outside, with an herbaceous perfume."
- "Two steaming bowls, already filled with savory lamb stew topped with clouds of mashed potatoes, sat on the table. Both the aroma of the meal and the evening sun glancing through the window warmed the room. Snatching a spoon from the table, Finn started shoveling food into his mouth even before his bottom hit the chair. / “So what are we doing later?” he asked in a mashed potato-y tone of voice."
- "The Option, a veggie burger supposedly including two deep fried portobello mushrooms bore no resemblance to the overflowing online photo and seemed more like cremini mushrooms or a small portobello, with some weird mashed potato-y topping."
- "I like the flavors involved here (especially the pickled onion) -- no, surprise, given chef Devin Ziemann's talent for combining flavors on a burger -- but the texture doesn't really work for me. The patty/square I tried had a texture that sort of mashed potato-y. I'd like something with a bit more body."
- "The generous order contained fries of all lengths and degrees of crunchy. Some were soft and yielded mashed potato-y goodness; others were crunchy wonders."
- "Mouth smeared with mashed potatoes, drumming her fork on the high chair, she was gawking about the room when the weight of Tom’s bemused attention drew from her a warm, mashed potato-y smile."
Etymology
From mashed potato + -y.
Word Breakdown
Inflected Forms
more mashed potato-y (comparative)
most mashed potato-y (superlative)