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potato masher

potato masher noun: a utensil used to mash potatoes.

potato masher: a utensil used to mash potatoes
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Noun

potato masher (plural potato mashers)

  1. A utensil used to mash potatoes.
    Synonyms:
    masher
  2. (slang) A type of stick hand grenade resembling such a utensil.
    • ‘A hand-grenade. One of those potato-mashers. It just blew the whole side of my foot off.’1929 May–October, Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms, 1st British edition, London: Jonathan Cape […], published 1929, →OCLC, book II, page 131

potato masher meaning in Arabic

potato masher in Arabic

utensil for mashing potatoes
هَرَّاسَة harrāsa

Synonyms of potato masher

Forms of potato masher

pluralpotato mashers
alternative formpotato-masher

Questions about potato masher

What does potato masher mean?
Potato masher means a utensil used to mash potatoes.
What is potato masher in Arabic?
Potato masher in Arabic is هَرَّاسَة (harrāsa). See Potato masher meaning in Arabic.
What part of speech is potato masher?
Potato masher is a noun.
What is the plural of potato masher?
The plural of potato masher is potato mashers.

Words near potato masher in the dictionary

  1. potato fly
  2. Potato Germans
  3. potato head
  4. potato heads
  5. potato in its jacket
  6. potato masher
  7. potato mashers
  8. potato moth
  9. potato moths
  10. potato nigger
  11. potato niggers

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