hash browns

plural noun

: boiled potatoes that have been diced or shredded, mixed with chopped onions and shortening, and fried usually until they form a browned cake

called also hash brown potatoes, hashed brown potatoes, hashed browns

Examples of hash browns in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web And of course, there’s birria, either with hash browns and eggs, on chilaquiles or on bao buns. Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 May 2024 Get the Recipe 22 of 80 Sausage-Hash Brown Breakfast Casserole Crumbly sausage meets crispy hash browns in your family's new favorite breakfast casserole. Zoe Denenberg, Southern Living, 16 Apr. 2024 See all Example Sentences for hash browns 

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Word History

First Known Use

1926, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of hash browns was in 1926

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“Hash browns.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hash%20browns. Accessed 29 May. 2024.

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