I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
mash potatoes (= crush them until they are smooth, after boiling them )
mashed potato(es) (= boiled and crushed until smooth )
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I like sausages with mashed potatoes.
Mash...to a pulp
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Mash the bananas to a pulp .
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
up
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It was seven o'clock in the evening and Lowell was mashing up cat biscuits in hot water for Middy.
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Anyway, in order to close the suitcase, we end up mashing down all our carefully folded stacks of clothes.
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Maria, aged 18 months, would drink milk only with a rusk mashed up in her bottle.
■ NOUN
potato
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Using a potato masher, mash the beans to a paste in the remaining liquid.
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Using an electric mixer or potato masher, mash potatoes until almost smooth.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Mash the banana and add it to the batter.
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Mash the bananas and add them to the mixture.
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Boil the potatoes and then mash them up.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Continue stirring and mashing potatoes for about 5 minutes, or until the water is absorbed and potatoes are soft and lumpy.
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Drain then mash them and leave to cool for 5 minutes.
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I take the hand that he mashed in greeting me, and work the knuckles with the fingers of my other hand.
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Steam or bake winter squash of your choice, then mash with butter and serve as a colorful alternative to mashed potatoes.
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The other boy will mash tea a dozen times a day - your house becomes a transport cafe.
II. noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Above: Bangers and mash - savoury and satisfying.
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Bangers and mash is said to be the thing many newly converted vegetarians miss, but now they need pine no longer.
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In fact, the collapse of the bud to a mash is a consequence of the egg laying.
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Tony Curtis wanted sausages, beans and mash and so he queued up with everyone else.