[haʃ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a dish of cooked meat cut into small pieces and cooked again, usually with potatoes


Phrases:
- make a hash of
- settle someone's hash

Origin:
late 16th century (as a verb): from French hacher, from hache (see hatchet)

[haʃ], (Verb)

Definitions:
- make (meat or other food) into a hash

- assign a numeric or alphanumeric string to (a piece of data) by applying a function whose output values are all the same number of bits in length


Phrases:
- make a hash of
- settle someone's hash

Origin:
late 16th century (as a verb): from French hacher, from hache (see hatchet)

[haʃ], (Noun)

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[haʃ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the symbol #, used as a symbol on a phone keypad or computer keyboard or before a numeral (as in question #2)


Phrases:

Origin:
1960s: probably from hatch, altered by association with hash