potato masher en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
Meanings
- A utensil used to mash potatoes.
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(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:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| potato mashers | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| potato-masher | alternative | lexicographic |
Synonyms
Translations (34)
da kartoffelmoser (utensil for mashing potatoes) · hu krumplinyomó (utensil for mashing potatoes) · sv potatisstöt (utensil for mashing potatoes) · ru толку́шка (utensil for mashing potatoes) · cmn 土豆泥捣具 (utensil for mashing potatoes) · ru картофелемялка (utensil for mashing potatoes) · cmn 馬鈴薯泥搗具 /马铃薯泥捣具 (utensil for mashing potatoes) · ko 감자 누르개 (utensil for mashing potatoes) · pt esmagador de batatas (utensil for mashing potatoes) · ga brúiteoir prátaí (utensil for mashing potatoes) · uk товка́чка (utensil for mashing potatoes) · gmw-vog Stombel (utensil for mashing potatoes) · da kartoffelstamper (utensil for mashing potatoes) · bg картофомелачка (utensil for mashing potatoes) · nl stamppotstamper (utensil for mashing potatoes) · nl aardappelstamper (utensil for mashing potatoes) · eo kaĉigilo (utensil for mashing potatoes) · gd plocan buntàta (utensil for mashing potatoes) · ja マッシャー (utensil for mashing potatoes) · es pisapatatas (utensil for mashing potatoes) · pl tłuczek do ziemniaków (utensil for mashing potatoes) · fi perunasurvin (utensil for mashing potatoes) · fr presse-purée (utensil for mashing potatoes) · it passapatate (utensil for mashing potatoes) · tr patates ezici (utensil for mashing potatoes) · de Kartoffelstampfer (utensil for mashing potatoes) · it schiacciapatate (utensil for mashing potatoes) · sk miagač na ziemiaky (utensil for mashing potatoes) · ar هَرَّاسَة (utensil for mashing potatoes) · be бульбамялка (utensil for mashing potatoes) · cy stwnsiwr tatws (utensil for mashing potatoes) · uk м'ялка (utensil for mashing potatoes) · ca aixafapatates (utensil for mashing potatoes) · sl mečkalec krompirja (utensil for mashing potatoes)