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hashbrown

hashbrown 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 hashbrown

pluralhashbrowns

Questions about hashbrown

What is hashbrown the alternative spelling of?
Hashbrown is the alternative spelling of hash brown.

Words near hashbrown in the dictionary

  1. Hashashin
  2. hashbang
  3. hashbangs
  4. hashbit
  5. hashbits
  6. hashbrown
  7. hashbrownie
  8. hashbrownies
  9. hashbrowns
  10. Hashbury
  11. hashcode

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