Potato

Quick meaning: Potato is a noun meaning A plant of species Solanum tuberosum or its edible starchy tuber.

Meaning

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

More Meanings

1. (informal, UK) A conspicuous hole in a sock or stocking.
2. A person or animal shaped like a potato, that is, with a large belly and/or short legs.
3. Metaphor for a person or thing of little value.
4. (transitive) To hit with a thrown or fired potato.
5. (onomatopoeia, often repeated) The rhythmic sound produced by a V-twin engine—a distinctive deep, throaty exhaust note.
6. (obsolete) A sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
7. (slang, transitive) To hit very hard; to pummel.

Example Sentences

She was untidily dressed as usual and there were potatoes in both heels.

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

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

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.

Word Forms

• potatoes
• potatoe
• potatoing
• potatoed

Synonyms for potato

Depending on context, synonyms include p'tater, spud, tater, tatie, tator, earthapple.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include tater, spud, murphy, apple, pomme, starch.

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