noun
hash
Cannabis resin prepared for smoking or consumption.
The evidence report identifies the seized substance as hash.
Etymology
Hash shortens hashish. It keeps the established drug sense, naming a preparation made from cannabis resin rather than the separate word for chopped food.
More examples
- He was arrested while carrying hash.
- The novel mentions a character who smoked hash.
- The laboratory distinguished hash from dried cannabis flowers.
Forms
hash
Similar words
- hashish
- The full term without the informal shortening.