colcannon

[ kuhl-kan-uhn, kawl-kan- ]

noun

an Irish dish made of cabbage, kale, or other greens, and potatoes boiled and mashed together.

Origin of colcannon

1765–75; <Irish cál ceannann, equivalent to cál (<Latin caulis cabbage) + ceann head + -ann, weak variant of fionn white

Words Nearby colcannon

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How to use colcannon in a sentence

Come Halloween, per Irish custom, the restaurant will slip wrapped coins into its colcannon.
Mattie & Eddie’s channels the Irish spirit of a veteran chef’s grandparents | Tom Sietsema | May 21, 2021 | Washington Post
I’d order the pork belly just for the chance at colcannon, some of the dreamiest mashed potatoes of any country’s repertoire.
Mattie & Eddie’s channels the Irish spirit of a veteran chef’s grandparents | Tom Sietsema | May 21, 2021 | Washington Post
colcannon, kol-kan′on, n. an Irish dish, being a stew of pounded cabbage and potatoes with butter.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) | Various

British Dictionary definitions for colcannon

colcannon

/ (kəlˈkænən, ˈkɒlˌkænən) /

noun

a dish, originating in Ireland, of potatoes and cabbage or other greens boiled and mashed together

Origin of colcannon

C18: from Irish Gaelic cál ceannann, literally: white-headed cabbage

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