Meanings
nounpotato masher (plural potato mashers)
plural potato mashers · alternative potato-masher
- slanggovernmentA type of stick hand grenade resembling such a utensil.
‘A hand-grenade. One of those potato-mashers. It just blew the whole side of my foot off.’
1929 May–October, Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms, 1st British edition, London: Jonathan Cape […], published 1929, →OCLC, book II, page 131
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA utensil used to mash potatoes.
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Translations
Arabic هَرَّاسَة
- هَرَّاسَة (harrāsa)utensil for mashing potatoes
Bulgarian картофомелачка
- картофомелачка (kartofomelačka)utensil for mashing potatoes
Catalan aixafapatates
- aixafapatatesutensil for mashing potatoes
Chinese Mandarin 土豆泥捣具, 馬鈴薯泥搗具 /马铃薯泥捣具
- 土豆泥捣具utensil for mashing potatoes
- 馬鈴薯泥搗具 /马铃薯泥捣具 (mǎlíngshǔnídǎojù)utensil for mashing potatoes
Danish kartoffelmoser, kartoffelstamper
- kartoffelmoserutensil for mashing potatoes
- kartoffelstamperutensil for mashing potatoes
Dutch aardappelstamper, stamppotstamper
- aardappelstamperutensil for mashing potatoes
- stamppotstamperutensil for mashing potatoes
Esperanto kaĉigilo
- kaĉigiloutensil for mashing potatoes
Finnish perunasurvin
- perunasurvinutensil for mashing potatoes
French presse-purée
- presse-puréeutensil for mashing potatoes
German Kartoffelstampfer
- Kartoffelstampferutensil for mashing potatoes
Hungarian krumplinyomó
- krumplinyomóutensil for mashing potatoes
Irish brúiteoir prátaí
- brúiteoir prátaíutensil for mashing potatoes
Italian schiacciapatate, passapatate
- schiacciapatateutensil for mashing potatoes
- passapatateutensil for mashing potatoes
Japanese マッシャー
- マッシャーutensil for mashing potatoes
Korean 감자 누르개
- 감자 누르개 (gamja nureugae)utensil for mashing potatoes
Polish tłuczek do ziemniaków
- tłuczek do ziemniakówutensil for mashing potatoes
Portuguese esmagador de batatas
- esmagador de batatasutensil for mashing potatoes
Russian картофелемялка, толку́шка
- картофелемялка (kartofelemjalka)utensil for mashing potatoes
- толку́шка (tolkúška)utensil for mashing potatoes
Scottish Gaelic plocan buntàta
- plocan buntàtautensil for mashing potatoes
Slovak miagač na ziemiaky
- miagač na ziemiakyutensil for mashing potatoes
Spanish pisapatatas
- pisapatatasutensil for mashing potatoes
Swedish potatisstöt
- potatisstötutensil for mashing potatoes
Turkish patates ezici
- patates eziciutensil for mashing potatoes
Ukrainian товка́чка, м'ялка
- товка́чка (tovkáčka)utensil for mashing potatoes
- м'ялка (mʺjalka)utensil for mashing potatoes
Welsh stwnsiwr tatws
- stwnsiwr tatwsutensil for mashing potatoes
Cite this entry
APA
potato masher. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/potato%20masher
MLA
“potato masher.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/potato%20masher. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “potato masher,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/potato%20masher.
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