HASH

Hash

Hash is a dish consisting of diced meat, potatoes, and spices that are mixed together and then cooked either alone or with other ingredients such as onions. The name is derived from the French verb hacher .

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hash

Noun

  1. Food, especially meat and potatoes, chopped and mixed together.
  2. A confused mess.
  3. The symbol (octothorpe, pound).
  4. The result generated by a hash function.
  5. A new mixture of old material; a second preparation or exhibition; a rehashing.

Noun (etymology 2)

  1. Hashish, a drug derived from the cannabis plant.

Verb

  1. To chop into small pieces, to make into a hash.
  2. To make a quick, rough version
    We need to quickly hash up some plans.
  3. To transform according to a hash function.

Adjective

  1. Hashed, chopped into small pieces


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