hash

CEFRC1

/ˈhæʃ/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A dish of chopped meat and potatoes.

  2. 02

    noun

    The symbol #, used in writing or computing.

Examples

  • I have steak, eggs, hash browns, toast, and coffee.

  • Let's hash it all out.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A confused mess.

  2. The # symbol (octothorpe, pound).

  3. Food, especially meat and potatoes, chopped and mixed together.

More examples

In context

  • We need to quickly hash up some plans.

  • October 28, 1752, Horace Walpole, letter to Sir Horace Mann I cannot bear elections, and still less the hash of them over again in a first session.

  • Near-synonym: scramble

Synonyms

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For breakfast, he ordered a plate of blank, made from chopped potatoes and meat.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

From French hacher (“to chop”), from Middle French hacher, from Old French hacher, from Old French hache (“axe”), from Frankish *happjā (“axe”). Compare also Old English ġehæċċa (“sausage meat”, literally “that which is hacked or chopped up”).