mashed potatoes
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.31 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
noun
A dish consisting of potatoes that have been boiled, mashed to a pulpy consistency, and mixed with such ingredients as butter or milk.
noun
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see mash, potato.
Example Sentences
- "Mashed potatoes is (or are) my favorite starch dish."
- "McInerney says he has a “big dinner” to attend that evening, so he opts for onion soup and a Bibb salad, although he acquiesces when the waitress suggests some mashed potatoes on the side."
- "During late-season skiing, I have encountered ice in the morning and mashed potatoes in the afternoon."
- "The Eastern ski tribe could confidently expect much ice underfoot while the Western contingent could expect much mashed potatoes around the ankles."
- "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’."
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in Food.