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hash browns
plural noun
: boiled potatoes that have been diced or shredded, mixed with chopped onions and shortening, and fried usually until they form a browned cake
called also hash brown potatoes, hashed brown potatoes, hashed browns
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The offer includes two buttermilk pancakes with glazed strawberries, blueberry topping and whipped topping or its combo of two eggs, hash browns and a choice of two strips of bacon or two pork sausage links.
—Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 5 Nov. 2024
The brunch buffet will include an omelet station and breakfast items such as French toast, biscuits and gravy, bacon, sausage and hash browns.
—Elaine Rewolinski, Journal Sentinel, 4 Nov. 2024
Start with a hearty and creamy egg base and then combine hash browns, bacon, and asparagus in that trusty skillet.
—Krissy Tiglias, Southern Living, 3 Nov. 2024
Their festive feast gift collection includes two porterhouse steaks, four ground porterhouse burgers, four rustic hash browns, four baguettes with garlic butter, one package of butcher's steak butter, and Omaha Steaks seasoning.
—Kaila Yu, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1926, in the meaning defined above
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“Hash browns.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hash%20browns. Accessed 2 Dec. 2024.
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