mashed potatoes

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A serving of mashed potatoes (sense 1) in a bowl with two whole potatoes

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mashed potatoes

  1. plural of mashed potato

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mashed potatoes (construed as uncountable or plural)

  1. (uncountable or in the plural) A dish consisting of potatoes that have been boiled, mashed to a pulpy consistency, and mixed with such ingredients as butter or milk.
    Synonyms: (chiefly UK) mash, mashed potato, mash potato
    Mashed potatoes is (or are) my favorite starch dish.
  2. (skiing) Partially melted snow with a pulpy texture, making for slow skiing.
    • 19841 November, Richard C. Sailiant, “Ask Skiing [letter]”, in Skiing, page 38:
      During late-season skiing, I have encountered ice in the morning and mashed potatoes in the afternoon.
    • 1996 Spring-Summer, Morten Lund, “Skiing Down Those Golden Years with John Jay”, in Skiing Heritage Journal, page 7:
      The Eastern ski tribe could confidently expect much ice underfoot while the Western contingent could expect much mashed potatoes around the ankles.
    • 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:
      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’.
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see mash,‎ potato.

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