potato

[ puh-tey-toh, -tuh ]

/ pəˈteɪ toʊ, -tə /

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noun, plural po·ta·toes.

Also called Irish potato, white potato. the edible tuber of a cultivated plant, Solanum tuberosum, of the nightshade family.

the plant itself.

sweet potato(defs 1, 2).

Origin of potato

1545–55; < Spanish patata white potato, variant of batata sweet potato < Taino

Words nearby potato

potassium-40, potassium-42, potassium-43, potassium-argon dating, potation, potato, potato apple, potato bean, potato beetle, potato blight, potato chip

Example sentences from the Web for potato

Esther Choi of Mokbar said she has made Korean potato pancakes called gam ja jun, and Charles Rodriguez of PRINT.

I Ate Potato Pancakes Til I Plotzed |Emily Shire |December 17, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
She came to the Latke Festival because she loved any dish so based around the potato.

I Ate Potato Pancakes Til I Plotzed |Emily Shire |December 17, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
More clumsily, fireworks stand in for the Big Bang and a potato and peas are invoked to explain relativity.

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In 2010, Barber and his colleagues started working with the Ruffles potato chip marketing team.

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The food that has crossed the lips of almost every person familiar with crowdfunding—nay, the Internet—is potato salad.

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The success of the potato is largely dependent on the crops preceding it in the rotation.

The Vegetable Garden |Anonymous
One of the things in which she particularly excelled was potato cakes raised with yeast.

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I can take care of myself anywhere, in a potato field or in the woods, but I must not distress Mrs. Goodwin.

A Yankee from the West |Opie Read
Mash with a spoon or a potato masher, adding the salt, butter, milk and paprika.

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They should thus secure a supply of water, and prevent their potato ground from being washed away by a sudden flood.

The Kangaroo Hunters |Anne Bowman

British Dictionary definitions for potato

potato

/ (pəˈteɪtəʊ) /

noun plural -toes

Also called: Irish potato, white potato

a solanaceous plant, Solanum tuberosum, of South America: widely cultivated for its edible tubers
the starchy oval tuber of this plant, which has a brown or red skin and is cooked and eaten as a vegetable

any of various similar plants, esp the sweet potato

hot potato slang a delicate or awkward matter

Word Origin for potato

C16: from Spanish patata white potato, from Taino batata sweet potato

Idioms and Phrases with potato

potato

see hot potato; meat and potatoes; small beer (potatoes).

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potato

noun, plural po·ta·toes.

Origin of potato

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British Dictionary definitions for potato

noun plural -toes

Word Origin for potato

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potato

noun, plural po·ta·toes.

Origin of potato

Words nearby potato

Words related to potato

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