hash browns

or hash-browns, hashbrowns

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plural noun

crisp-fried potatoes made by dicing, chopping, or mashing boiled potatoes and browning them in hot fat or oil.

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Also called hash-browned potatoes, hash-brown potatoes.

Origin of hash browns

First recorded in 1950–55

Words nearby hash browns

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How to use hash browns in a sentence

In my restaurant days we’d serve them atop kale salads and bowls of biscuits and gravy, or you could pile them on pasta or alongside crispy hash browns.
How to get perfect sunny-side-up eggs every time|Aaron Hutcherson|April 2, 2021|Washington Post
Before being shortened to “hash browns,” the dish was called “hashed and browned potatoes,” the first known mention of which comes from “Miss Parloa’s Kitchen Companion,” published in 1887.
How to make crispy shredded hash browns part of your breakfast rotation|Aaron Hutcherson|March 19, 2021|Washington Post
Restaurant described latkes as “Mini hash browns,” which he thinks is why they are so universally beloved.
I Ate Potato Pancakes Til I Plotzed|Emily Shire|December 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
She forked up a mouthful of hash browns and chased them with coffee.
Makers|Cory Doctorow

Incredibly, the food kept coming—multiple syrup-jugs, plates of hash-browns, baskets of biscuits and bowls of white sausage gravy.
Makers|Cory Doctorow

British Dictionary definitions for hash browns

hash browns

pl n

diced boiled potatoes mixed with chopped onion, shaped and fried until brown

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hash browns

or hash-browns, hashbrowns

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