potato

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UK /pəˈteɪ.təʊ/ US /pəˈteɪ.toʊ/

noun 5verb 2intj 1

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

baking, new | sweet | seed

baked, boiled, chipped, creamed, fried, jacket, mashed, roast, saute

My grandmother always makes creamed potatoes for Sunday dinner.

QUANT

sack

VERB + POTATO

eat, have | peel, scrape | chop, mash, slice

bake, boil, cook, fry, roast, saute

My mother always roasts potatoes with rosemary and garlic on Sunday afternoons.

POTATO + NOUN

chip, crisp, puree, salad | peel, skin | peeler | crop, harvest

Definitions

noun

A plant of species Solanum tuberosum or its edible starchy tuber.

Do not let your child have potato for another year; he will probably take milk well enough after he is weaned.

The protein value of this dish is equal to that of 1⅛ pounds of potato and beef, the fuel value, however, being much in excess of these.

A sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)

A conspicuous hole in a sock or stocking.

A person or animal shaped like a potato, that is, with a large belly and/or short legs.

Metaphor for a person or thing of little value.

I don't value Monſieur de Champignon a rotten potatoe; […]

verb

To hit very hard; to pummel.

Bradshaw doesn't find much humour in it though, and beats the tar out of Dustin, potatoing him with every blow.

To hit with a thrown or fired potato.

Yvonne and Lee Swee potatoed Deputy Lestrade multiple times before Sheriff Moran potatoed them both. […] Suddenly, Sheriff Moran heard the click click of an empty weapon. He turned to see that both Mayor Eliza and Kat had run out of ammunition.

intj

The rhythmic sound produced by a V-twin engine—a distinctive deep, throaty exhaust note.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — an edible tuber native to South America

murphy
spud
tater

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

couch potato

A person who spends a lot of time sitting or lying down, often watching television, eating snacks or drinking alcohol.

Being a couch potato won't let you help achieve your goals.

hot potato

A child's game in which players pass a ball or other item between them, with the object of avoiding being left holding the item when time expires.

potato chaser

An Asian person with a strong inclination and attraction toward white people.

Example Bank

Do not let your child have potato for another year; he will probably take milk well enough after he is weaned.

Wiktionary

The protein value of this dish is equal to that of 1⅛ pounds of potato and beef, the fuel value, however, being much in excess of these.

Wiktionary

A number of the children said that they had potato for breakfast, potato and herring for dinner, potato and milk for supper.

Wiktionary

Bradshaw doesn't find much humour in it though, and beats the tar out of Dustin, potatoing him with every blow.

Wiktionary

I like cold potato salad in the summertime.

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, potato is marked as obsolete, informal, slang, UK. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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