Mashed is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Mashed meaning
simple past and past participle of mash
Using Mashed
- The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of mash
- In the example corpus, mashed often appears in combinations such as: mashed potatoes, and mashed, mashed potato.
Context around Mashed
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 15 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Mashed
- In this selection, "mashed" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, try, lumpy, potatoes, potatoes, butternut and banana stand out and add context to how "mashed" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and instant mashed potatoes which and and maybe mashed potatoes and. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "mashed" sits close to words such as ari, artefacts and assent, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with mashed
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Add the warm mashed potatoes. (5 words)
Menu includes stuffed cabbage, mashed potatoes, corn and cookies. (9 words)
Rocha recently used leftover mashed potatoes to make shepherd’s pie. (11 words)
It was now stacked with diapers, one of the most coveted commodities, and with packaged food, including rice and instant mashed potatoes, which she gave to any member who came in, along with whatever fresh food—plums, peaches—she could get hold of. (43 words)
If you’ve checked with the host and discovered they have all the basics (turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, roasted carrots, pumpkin pie, rolls and more) covered and you don’t know what to bring to Thanksgiving dinner, here are 15 ideas. (41 words)
According to Food Network, mashed banana is a handy substitute for eggs when used in baked goods like waffles, quick breads and muffins — aka, the ones that don’t rely on eggs for leavening. (34 words)
Imagined the masterful comebacks your friends would create if only you mashed all their brains together? (16 words)
Example sentences (20)
The meal includes Prime Rib and Mashed Potatoes with Roasted gravy, Au Jus, Horseradish, and Mashed Potatoes With Roasted Gravy.
For example, instead of mashed potatoes, try mashed butternut squash as a side dish.
To appease everyone’s last minute Thanksgiving dinner requests, Monica makes three types of potatoes: lumpy mashed potatoes, mashed potatoes with peas and onions and tater tots.
According to Food Network, mashed banana is a handy substitute for eggs when used in baked goods like waffles, quick breads and muffins — aka, the ones that don’t rely on eggs for leavening.
Additionally, the lemurs were treated to pies made of a primate biscuit crust and filled with mashed sweet potatoes garnished with almonds and puffed rice cereal.
Add the warm mashed potatoes.
Alternatives suggested by cooks include flax seeds and water, chickpea flour, mashed bananas and tofu.
And in 2018, the cooks added mashed potatoes to the filling instead of diced.
A pink mash dish made by combining mashed salted beef, onions, potatoes, gherkins, and pickled beets.
A user with fewer bruises and less emotional damage than this chap chimed in with a faster solution: just mix the peas with mashed potatoes.
Balch previously described a “Toad in a Hole” dish as tiny Yorkshire puddings with roasted beef in them, served with dollops of mashed potatoes and gravy — “Sunday roast as an appetizer,” he said.
Colcannon, the humble Irish comfort food blending mashed potatoes with sauteed cabbage, can be brightened with toasted kale leaves, pureed celery root, mild spring onions or chives.
Dinner is salmon cooked on the barbecue with mashed potato and salad, enjoyed out in our garden with a beer.
I don’t think there’ll be too many people mashed off their face.
If you’ve checked with the host and discovered they have all the basics (turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, roasted carrots, pumpkin pie, rolls and more) covered and you don’t know what to bring to Thanksgiving dinner, here are 15 ideas.
Imagined the masterful comebacks your friends would create if only you mashed all their brains together?
In addition, give me a nice side of cole slaw and maybe mashed potatoes and I am one happy camper.
It was now stacked with diapers, one of the most coveted commodities, and with packaged food, including rice and instant mashed potatoes, which she gave to any member who came in, along with whatever fresh food—plums, peaches—she could get hold of.
Menu includes stuffed cabbage, mashed potatoes, corn and cookies.
Rocha recently used leftover mashed potatoes to make shepherd’s pie.
Common combinations with mashed
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- mashed potatoes 103×
- and mashed 19×
- mashed potato 16×
- with mashed 14×
- mashed up 9×
- of mashed 8×
- the mashed 7×
- or mashed 5×
- garlic mashed 5×
- mashed with 4×