English

A hash brown (sense 2).

Alternative forms

• hashbrown
• hash-brown
• hashed brown

Noun

hash brown ‎(plural hash browns)

1. A single piece of a quantity of finely-chopped, fried potatoes; singular of hash browns
   • 2010, Olivia Cunning, Backstage Pass: Sinners on Tour, Sourcebooks Casablanca, ISBN 9781402244421, page 175:

     He plucked a hash brown from her chest and popped it in her mouth before slurping several more into his mouth.

2. A fried patty made from finely-diced bits of potato.
   • 2011 December 20, Alyssa Newcomb, “Civics Teacher Arrested in McDonald's Hash-Brown Smackdown”, in ABC News:

     A Florida middle school civics teacher who was arrested Saturday for misdemeanor battery denied she threw a hash brown at a McDonalds employee.

Quotations

• For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:hash brown.