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BNC: 3013 COCA: 2253

potato

potato /pəˈteɪtoʊ/ noun
plural potatoes
potato
/pəˈteɪtoʊ/
noun
plural potatoes
Learner's definition of POTATO
: a round root of a plant that has brown, yellow, or red skin and white or yellow flesh and that is eaten as a vegetable马铃薯,土豆
[count]
[noncount]
see color picture on this page; see also jacket potato, sweet potato
[count] : the plant that produces potatoes马铃薯植株;土豆植株
BNC: 3013 COCA: 2253

potato

noun

po·​ta·​to pə-ˈtā-(ˌ)tō How to pronounce potato (audio)
-tə,
 dialectal  pə-ˈdā-,
bə- How to pronounce potato (audio)
plural potatoes
often attributive
1
2
a
: an erect South American herb (Solanum tuberosum) of the nightshade family widely cultivated for its edible starchy tuber
b
: the tuber of a potato

called also Irish potato, spud, white potato

Illustration of potato

Illustration of potato
  • potato 2a

Example Sentences

She's growing carrots and potatoes in her garden this year.
Recent Examples on the Web The little one will eat his chicken with cucumbers because cooked vegetables are very terrible to him unless that vegetable is a fried potato or ketchup. Bon Appétit Contributor, Bon Appétit, 9 Sep. 2022 Cover and simmer until the potato is tender, about 5 minutes. Ellie Krieger, Washington Post, 8 Sep. 2022 For more than 100 years, the champion of St. Matthews has been the potato. The Courier-Journal, 24 Aug. 2022 The other new item is a papa loca ($18), a loaded potato that gets the taco treatment. Cesar Hernandez, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 Aug. 2022 These thin and crispy chips are reminiscent of a potato chip sans the potato. Good Housekeeping, 16 Aug. 2022 Boiling a potato with lots of garlic and then mushing all of it into a salad. Marc Myers, WSJ, 9 Aug. 2022 Meningitis is inflammation of the membranes that surround your brain like Saran Wrap around a baked potato. Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 2 Aug. 2022 D’Antai Wallace, 28, a cousin of Ms. Bowler’s, was heading for his uncle’s food truck for a baked potato when he was shot. New York Times, 7 July 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Spanish batata, from Taino

First Known Use

1565, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of potato was in 1565
BNC: 3013 COCA: 2253
potato

noun

ADJECTIVE | ... OF POTATOES | VERB + POTATO | POTATO + NOUN ADJECTIVEbaking, new大馬鈴薯;新土豆sweet紅薯seed種用馬鈴薯baked, boiled, fried, jacket, mashed, roast, roasted, sauté, sautéed (especially NAmE) 烤土豆;煮土豆;炸土豆;帶皮烤土豆;土豆泥;烘土豆;煎土豆baked potatoes with sour cream and chives酸奶油香葱烤土豆... OF POTATOESsack一袋馬鈴薯VERB + POTATOeat, have吃馬鈴薯peel削土豆皮chop, mash, slice把土豆切碎/搗成泥/切片bake, boil, cook, fry, roast, sauté烤/煮/燒/炸/烘/煎土豆potatoes baked in their jackets (BrE) 帶皮烤的土豆potatoes baked in their skins (NAmE) 帶皮烤的土豆grow種馬鈴薯POTATO + NOUNchip, crisp, pancake, purée, salad炸薯片;炸薯條;土豆煎餅;土豆泥;土豆色拉peelings土豆皮peeler土豆去皮器skins, wedges土豆皮;(楔形)土豆餅a plate of fried potato skins一盤油炸土豆皮crop, harvest馬鈴薯的收成 topic at food

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