mashed potatoes

English

Noun

mashed potatoes

1. plural of mashed potato

Noun

mashed potatoes

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see mash,‎ potato.
2. (uncountable) A dish consisting of potatoes that have been boiled, mashed to a pulpy consistency, and mixed with such ingredients as butter or milk.
3. (skiing) Partially melted snow with a pulpy texture, making for slow skiing.
   • 1984 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, Third 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’.

Synonyms

• mash

Derived terms

• instant mashed potatoes
• smashed potatoes

Translations

dish

• Armenian: պյուրե (hy) (pyure), պյուրե կարտոֆիլ (pyure kartofil)
• Catalan: puré de patates m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 薯蓉 (syu⁴ jung⁴), 薯茸 (syu⁴ jung⁴)

  Mandarin: 馬鈴薯泥／马铃薯泥 (zh) (mǎlíngshǔní), 马铃薯泥 (zh) (mǎlíngshǔ ní)

• Cornish: avalow dor brewys m pl
• Danish: kartoffelmos c
• Dutch: aardappelpuree (nl) f
• Estonian: kartulipuder, kartulipüree
• Finnish: perunamuusi (fi)
• French: purée (fr) f, purée de pommes de terre f, patates pilées (fr) f (Canada)
• German: Kartoffelbrei (de) m, Kartoffelpüree (de) n
• Icelandic: kartöflumús f
• Irish: brúitín
• Italian: purè di patate m, purea f
• Japanese: マッシュポテト (masshu poteto)
• Korean: 매시드 포테이토 (maesideu poteito)
• Manx: praaseyn broojit f, praaseyn lahnit f
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• Mongolian: нухсан төмс (nuxsan töms)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: potetmos m, potetstappe m or f

  Nynorsk: potetmos m, potetstappe f

• Persian: پوره سیب‌زمینی (purè sib-zamini)
• Polish: purée ziemniaczane n
• Portuguese: purê de batata m (Brazil), purê de batatas m (Brazil), puré de batata m (Portugal), puré de batatas m (Portugal)
• Romanian: piure (ro) n
• Romansch: buglia da tartuffels f
• Russian: карто́фельное пюре́ (ru) n (kartófelʹnoje pjurɛ́), пюре́ (ru) n (pjurɛ́)
• Scots: champers pl
• Scottish Gaelic: buntàta pronn m
• Slovene: krompirjeva kaša f
• Spanish: puré de papas m, puré de papa m, puré de patatas m
• Swedish: potatismos (sv) n
• Tagalog: kamas na patatas
• Ukrainian: карто́пляне пюре́ n (kartópljane pjuré), пюре́ n (pjuré)
• Welsh: tatws stwnsh f pl, tato pwtsh f pl

partially melted snow

• Finnish: sohjo (fi)
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See also

• fufu
• pommes duchesse
• whipped potatoes