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Definition of tomato noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

tomato

noun
 
 
/təˈmɑːtəʊ/
 
/təˈmeɪtəʊ/
[countable, uncountable]
(plural tomatoes)
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  1. a soft fruit with a lot of juice and shiny red skin that is eaten as a vegetable either raw or cooked
    • a bacon, lettuce, and tomato sandwich
    • sliced/chopped tomatoes
    • tomato plants
    • tomato sauce/soup/juice
    • tomato paste/puree
    • sun-dried tomatoes
    • Demonstrators threw rotten tomatoes at the car.
    • It smells great, like ripe tomatoes.
    see also cherry tomato, plum tomatoTopics Fooda1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • fresh
    • ripe
    • rotten
    • …
    verb + tomato
    • eat
    • have
    • chop
    • …
    tomato + noun
    • juice
    • ketchup
    • paste
    • …
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    Word Originearly 17th cent.: from French, Spanish, or Portuguese tomate, from Nahuatl tomatl.
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