hash brown

noun

A single piece of hash browns (finely chopped, fried potatoes); singular of hash browns.

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Meanings

nounhash brown (plural hash browns)

plural hash browns · alternative hashbrown · alternative hash-brown · alternative hashed brown

  1. A single piece of hash browns (finely chopped, fried potatoes); singular of hash browns.

    He plucked a hash brown from her chest and popped it in her mouth before slurping several more into his mouth.

    2010, Olivia Cunning, Backstage Pass: Sinners on Tour, Sourcebooks Casablanca, →ISBN, page 175
  2. A fried patty made from finely chopped, diced or riced bits of potato.

    A Florida middle school civics teacher who was arrested Saturday for misdemeanor battery denied she threw a hash brown at a McDonalds^([sic]) employee.

    2011 December 20, Alyssa Newcomb, “Civics Teacher Arrested in McDonald's Hash-Brown Smackdown”, in ABC News

Translations

Polish hash brown, placek ziemniaczany
  • hash brownsingle piece of hash browns
  • placek ziemniaczanyfried patty
  • placek kartoflanyfried patty
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APA

hash brown. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hash%20brown

MLA

“hash brown.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hash%20brown. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hash brown,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hash%20brown.

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