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funeral potatoes

funeral potatoes noun: a casserole of hash browns or cubed potatoes, cheese, and onions, in a creamy soup or sauce.

funeral potatoes: a casserole of hash browns or cubed potatoes, cheese, and onions, in a creamy soup or sauce
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Noun

funeral potatoes pl (plural only)

  1. (US, plural, plural-only) A casserole of hash browns or cubed potatoes, cheese, and onions, in a creamy soup or sauce.

Synonyms of funeral potatoes

Origin of funeral potatoes

Commonly served as a side dish at traditional after-funeral dinners.

Questions about funeral potatoes

What does funeral potatoes mean?
Funeral potatoes means a casserole of hash browns or cubed potatoes, cheese, and onions, in a creamy soup or sauce.
What part of speech is funeral potatoes?
Funeral potatoes is a noun.

Words near funeral potatoes in the dictionary

  1. funeral parlors
  2. funeral parlour
  3. funeral parlours
  4. funeral pie
  5. funeral pies
  6. funeral potatoes
  7. funeral procession
  8. funeral processions
  9. funeral pyre
  10. funeral pyres
  11. funeral rite

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