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hash-brown

hash-brown is the alternative spelling of hash brown.

Meaning of hash brown

Noun

hash brown (plural hash browns)

  1. A single piece of hash browns (finely chopped, fried potatoes); singular of hash browns.
    • He plucked a hash brown from her chest and popped it in her mouth before slurping several more into his mouth.2010, Olivia Cunning, Backstage Pass: Sinners on Tour, Sourcebooks Casablanca, →ISBN, page 175
  2. A fried patty made from finely chopped, diced or riced bits of potato.
    • A Florida middle school civics teacher who was arrested Saturday for misdemeanor battery denied she threw a hash brown at a McDonalds^([sic]) employee.2011 December 20, Alyssa Newcomb, “Civics Teacher Arrested in McDonald's Hash-Brown Smackdown”, in ABC News

Forms of hash-brown

pluralhash-browns

Questions about hash-brown

What is hash-brown the alternative spelling of?
Hash-brown is the alternative spelling of hash brown.

Words near hash-brown in the dictionary

  1. hash trail
  2. hash trails
  3. hash tree
  4. hash trees
  5. hash up
  6. hash-brown
  7. hash-browns
  8. hash-heesh
  9. hash-slinger
  10. hash-slingers
  11. hash-trap

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