Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mash potato

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.44 in modern English

Syllables: mash pota-to
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Mashed potato (food)

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Mashed potato (dance)

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"I ate a mash potato today."
"Roasted Vegetables topped with a mash potato with a cheese herb crust"
"I cooked fisherman’s pie, with white fish and prawns, in a cheese sauce, with a mash potato on top."
"Pan Fried Lambs Liver and Bacon served on a mash potato with chives, with onion gravy"
"Tha’ll help me make a bit of dinner for tonight with a few mash potatoes."
"Interestingly enough, while Gilly usually tries do the mash potato, this time he went with a waltz."

Etymology

Lexicalization of a reduced pronunciation of mashed potato with regular deletion of d before p, from mashed + potato. Compare ice cream (from iced cream).

Usage

Inflected Forms

mash potatoes (plural)

Questions

What does mash potato mean?: Mashed potato (food)
Where does mash potato come from?: Lexicalization of a reduced pronunciation of mashed potato with regular deletion of d before p, from mashed + potato. Compare ice cream (from iced cream).

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