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

potato

noun
 
 
/pəˈteɪtəʊ/
 
/pəˈteɪtəʊ/
[countable, uncountable]
(plural potatoes)
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  1. a round white vegetable with a brown or red skin that grows underground as part of a plant also called a potato
    • Will you peel the potatoes for me?
    • roast/fried potatoes
    • potato salad
    • leek and potato soup
    see also baked potato, couch potato, hot potato, jacket potato, mashed potato, meat and potatoes, meat-and-potatoes, mouse potato, small potatoes, sweet potato
    Extra Examples
    • a plate of fried potato skins
    • boiled potatoes with sour cream and chives
    • potatoes baked in their jackets
    Topics Fooda1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • baking
    • new
    • sweet
    • …
    … of potatoes
    • sack
    verb + potato
    • eat
    • have
    • peel
    • …
    potato + noun
    • chip
    • crisp
    • pancake
    • …
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    Word Originmid 16th cent.: from Spanish patata, variant of Taino batata ‘sweet potato’. The English word originally denoted the sweet potato and gained its current sense in the late 16th cent.
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