Meanings
- pluralplural of mashed potato
- pluralsingularA dish consisting of potatoes that have been boiled, mashed to a pulpy consistency, and mixed with such ingredients as butter or milk.
Mashed potatoes is (or are) my favorite starch dish.
1 more example
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.
2026 April 4, Jonathan Derbyshire, “Lunch with the FT: Jay McInerney”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3Synonyms: mash, mashed potato, mash potato, whipped potatoes
- pluralsingularhobbiesPartially melted snow with a pulpy texture, making for slow skiing.
During late-season skiing, I have encountered ice in the morning and mashed potatoes in the afternoon.
19841 November, Richard C. Sailiant, “Ask Skiing [letter]”, in Skiing, page 382 more examples
The Eastern ski tribe could confidently expect much ice underfoot while the Western contingent could expect much mashed potatoes around the ankles.
1996 Spring-Summer, Morten Lund, “Skiing Down Those Golden Years with John Jay”, in Skiing Heritage Journal, page 7I 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’.
2001 October 1, Paul Parker, Free-Heel Skiing: Telemark and Parallel Techniques for All Conditions, 3rd edition, Seattle: The Mountaineers Books, →ISBN, →OL, page 185
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA dish consisting of potatoes that have been boiled, mashed to a pulpy consistency, and mixed with such ingredients as butter or milk.
Translations
Afrikaans kapokaartappels
- kapokaartappelsdish
Bulgarian картофено пюре
- картофено пюре (kartofeno pjure)dish
Catalan puré de patates
- puré de patatesdish
Chinese Cantonese 薯蓉, 薯茸
- 薯蓉 (syu⁴ jung⁴)dish
- 薯茸 (syu⁴ jung⁴)dish
Chinese Mandarin 馬鈴薯泥 /马铃薯泥, 薯蓉
- 馬鈴薯泥 /马铃薯泥 (mǎlíngshǔ ní)dish
- 薯蓉 (shǔróng)dish
- 洋芋泥 (yángyùní)dish
- 薯泥 (shǔní)dish
- 土豆泥 (tǔdòuní)dish
Czech bramborová kaše
- bramborová kašedish
Danish kartoffelmos
- kartoffelmosdish
Dutch aardappelpuree
- aardappelpureedish
Esperanto terpomkaĉo
- terpomkaĉodish
Estonian kartulipuder, kartulipüree
- kartulipuderdish
- kartulipüreedish
Finnish perunasose, perunamuusi
- perunasosedish
- perunamuusidish
- soseutettu perunadish
- muusattu perunadish
- sohjopartially melted snow
French purée, purée de pommes de terre
- puréedish
- purée de pommes de terredish
- patates piléesdish
German Kartoffelbrei, Kartoffelpüree
- Kartoffelbreidish
- Kartoffelpüreedish
- Schneematschpartially melted snow
Greek πουρές
- πουρές (pourés)dish
Hebrew פִּירֵה
- פִּירֵהdish
Hungarian burgonyapüré, krumplipüré
- burgonyapürédish
- krumplipürédish
Icelandic kartöflumús
- kartöflumúsdish
Irish brúitín
- brúitíndish
Italian purè di patate, purea
- purè di patatedish
- pureadish
Japanese マッシュポテト
- マッシュポテト (masshu poteto)dish
Korean 매시드 포테이토
- 매시드 포테이토 (maesideu poteito)dish
Malay kentang putar
- kentang putardish
Norwegian Bokmål potetmos, potetstappe
- potetmosdish
- potetstappedish
Persian پوره سیبزمینی
- پوره سیبزمینیdish
Polish purée ziemniaczane, częściowo rozpuszczony śnieg
- purée ziemniaczanedish
- częściowo rozpuszczony śniegpartially melted snow
Portuguese purê de batata, purê de batatas
- purê de batatadish
- purê de batatasdish
- puré de batatadish
- puré de batatasdish
Romanian piure, pireu de cartofi
- piuredish
- pireu de cartofidish
Russian карто́фельное пюре́, пюре́
- карто́фельное пюре́ (kartófelʹnoje pjurɛ́)dish
- пюре́ (pjurɛ́)dish
Scottish Gaelic buntàta pronn, brúitín
- buntàta pronndish
- brúitíndish
Spanish puré de papas, puré de papa
- puré de papasdish
- puré de papadish
- puré de patatasdish
- puré pataterodish
- puré paperodish
Swedish potatismos
- potatismosdish
Tagalog kamas na patatas
- kamas na patatasdish
Turkish patates püresi
- patates püresidish
Ukrainian карто́пляне пюре́, пюре́
- карто́пляне пюре́ (kartópljane pjuré)dish
- пюре́ (pjuré)dish
Vietnamese khoai tây nghiền
- khoai tây nghiềndish
Welsh tatws stwnsh, tato pwtsh
- tatws stwnshdish
- tato pwtshdish
Yiddish קאַשע־בולבע
- קאַשע־בולבע (kashe-bulbe)dish
Cite this entry
mashed potatoes. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mashed%20potatoes
“mashed potatoes.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mashed%20potatoes. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mashed potatoes,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mashed%20potatoes.
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