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# masher

noun (a masher, mashers)

«masher» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A kitchen tool with a handle and a flat head with holes or a wavy wire, used to crush cooked potatoes or other food into a soft mush (a potato masher). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/masher/#m1)
2. (old-fashioned slang) A man who made unwanted advances to women in public; this sense is old and rarely used now. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/masher/#m2)

### In the lessons

In cooking lessons and at home, a potato masher is used to make mashed potatoes, mashed swede or mashed banana for baby food. Sometimes «masher» is a machine for crushing fruit or grain. In history, a German WWII grenade was nicknamed «potato masher» because of its shape. Phrases: «potato masher».

### Examples

- Pass me the potato masher, please. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/masher/#x1)
- Mum used the masher to make fluffy mashed potatoes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/masher/#x2)
- We mashed the bananas with a masher for banana bread. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/masher/#x3)
- The masher has a wavy metal head. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/masher/#x4)
- Use the masher until there are no lumps left. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/masher/#x5)
- Our masher is made of plastic so it won't scratch the pan. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/masher/#x6)
- Grandad calls me the best potato masher in the family. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/masher/#x7)
- A masher crushes; a whisk mixes air in. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/masher/#x8)

### Note

Countable: one masher, two mashers. From the verb «mash» (to crush into a soft mass). The old slang sense (a man pestering women) is outdated. Not a maths word.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «masher» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/masher/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«masher» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/masher.html) on Mova free.