mashed-potatoey

Adjective

mashed-potatoey (comparative more mashed-potatoey, superlative most mashed-potatoey)

1. Resembling or characteristic of mashed potato.
   • “The tops of these clouds look fibrous or wispy because they’re made up of crystals,” he [Bill Imperatore] said. “The bottoms are cottony or mashed-potatoey-looking because they’re warmer. Some water vapor begins to fall as ice crystals but it melts on the way down and exits the cloud in the form...1987 February 4, “Professor Gives Facts About Snow Crystals”, in Hickory Daily Record, volume 72, number 30, Hickory, N.C., page 5A, column 1
   • French fries are cut steak-style, thick and fried a blond color, sort of mashed-potatoey inside.1992 January 24, Andrea Ray Chandler, “Gates & Sons meat has that smoky taste”, in The Olathe Daily News, volume 32, number 250, Olathe, Kan., page 8B
2. With mashed potato.
   • Silent tears brimmed in Lorraine’s eyes as she stood there, wringing her mashed-potatoey hands on a dish towel.1994, Anthony Bruno, Bad Apple, New York, N.Y.: Delacorte Press, →ISBN, page 289
   • MacDinton’s Irish Pub & Restaurant ([…]) is another Irish entry, with a killer black and tan, a warming Irish coffee, and a fair representation of Irish staples, from rib-sticking, mashed-potatoey shepherd’s pie to respectable corned beef and cabbage.2005, Laura Reiley, “[Tampa] Nightlife”, in Florida Gulf Coast (Moon Handbooks), Emeryville, Calif.: Avalon Travel, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 169, column 2