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
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Herb and Wood will be serving breakfast sandwiches with hash browns and caviar.
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Abby Hamblin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Jan. 2026
And four-count meals with hash browns and a drink run $9.95.
—Fielding Buck, Oc Register, 23 Jan. 2026
Beef patty with bacon, an egg patty, cheddar cheese sauce, hash browns and a hollandaise aioli between a sesame seed bun.
—Sabrina Weiss, PEOPLE, 22 Jan. 2026
The meal options include: 2-Egg Breakfast Slam: Two eggs cooked your way with crispy hash browns and toast.
—Kate Perez, USA Today, 21 Jan. 2026
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Abby Hamblin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Jan. 2026
And four-count meals with hash browns and a drink run $9.95.
—Fielding Buck, Oc Register, 23 Jan. 2026
Beef patty with bacon, an egg patty, cheddar cheese sauce, hash browns and a hollandaise aioli between a sesame seed bun.
—Sabrina Weiss, PEOPLE, 22 Jan. 2026
The meal options include: 2-Egg Breakfast Slam: Two eggs cooked your way with crispy hash browns and toast.
—Kate Perez, USA Today, 21 Jan. 2026
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“Hash browns.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hash%20browns. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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