Cover the fish completely with the mashed potatoes and smooth over with a fork.
I was about to prepare a dessert of mashed potato, flavoured with an Oxo cube.
If my chosen hookbait is bread then I make sure to use mashed bread in the groundbait mix.
It was macaroni cheese and mashed potatoes.
Nothing to eat but instant mashed potato, pickles and maybe corned beef if you are lucky.
Shape some of the mashed potato mixture around each sausage.
Top with instant mashed potato and brown under the grill.
We like simple things such as lamb and mashed potatoes.
Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatorwhen something has been squashed►squashed
something soft that is squashed is damaged because it has been pressed and made flatter: · He held out a squashed packet of cigarettes and offered me one.· We can't give her those chocolates - they're all squashed.
►crushed
something that is crushed has been squashed and broken by something heavy: · Remove the butter from the heat and stir in the crushed biscuits.· The dog hurtled through the garden, leaving a trail of crushed plants.
►flattened
squashed until completely flat: · There was a flattened Coca-Cola can on the ground.· a mountain of flattened cardboard boxes
►mashed
mashed food has been squashed with something such as a fork until it is soft and smooth: · He ate the mashed potatoes but not the meat.· a spoonful of mashed swede
►ground
ground coffee, corn, or other food has been made into powder using a special machine or tool: · freshly ground black coffee· ground almonds
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY►got ... mashed
We got completely mashed last night.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES►mashed potato(es)
(=boiled and crushed until smooth)· I like sausages with mashed potatoes.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN►potato
· It was macaroni cheese and mashed potatoes.· Shape some of the mashed potato mixture around each sausage.· Nothing to eat but instant mashed potato, pickles and maybe corned beef if you are lucky.· Top with instant mashed potato and brown under the grill.· I was about to prepare a dessert of mashed potato, flavoured with an Oxo cube.· Cover the fish completely with the mashed potatoes and smooth over with a fork.· We like simple things such as lamb and mashed potatoes.· Moving progressively towards a thick mashed potato consistency is well on the way to a normal diet.
1been pressed until is smooth: mashed potatoes2[not before noun] British English informal very drunk or strongly affected by drugs: We got completely mashed last night.