"mash potato" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: mash potatoes [plural]
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). Etymology templates: {{compound|en|mashed|potato}} mashed + potato Head templates: {{en-noun|~|es}} mash potato (countable and uncountable, plural mash potatoes)
  1. Mashed potato (food) Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Dances Categories (lifeform): Potatoes
    Sense id: en-mash_potato-en-noun-hkA-Dh0F Disambiguation of Dances: 50 50 Disambiguation of Potatoes: 51 49 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50
  2. Mashed potato (dance) Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Dances Categories (lifeform): Potatoes
    Sense id: en-mash_potato-en-noun-rfkg61Th Disambiguation of Dances: 50 50 Disambiguation of Potatoes: 51 49 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50

Inflected forms

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