potato
IPA: pʌtˈeɪtoʊ
noun
- The tuber of a plant, Solanum tuberosum, eaten as a starchy vegetable, particularly in the Americas and Europe; this plant.
- (informal, UK) A conspicuous hole in a sock or stocking.
- Metaphor for a person or thing of little value.
- (slang, offensive) A mentally handicapped person.
- (humorous) A camera that takes poor-quality pictures.
- (humorous, slang, computing) An underpowered computer or other device, especially when small in size.
verb
- (slang, transitive) To hit very hard; to pummel.
- (transitive) To hit with a thrown or fired potato.
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Examples of "potato" in Sentences
- They are sauteed potatoes.
- I squashed potatoes to eat.
- The potatoes are singed in the oven.
- It was the time to harvest the potatoes.
- Potatoes and beets are grown in the north.
- Maize and potatoes were the most notable crops.
- The major crops in the state are hay and potatoes.
- In the Highlands, in 1846, potato crops were blighted.
- Indian corn and potatoes were growing well in the habitants' clearings.
- She has urged farmers to start growing sweet potatoes, a hardy crop in vogue in urban kitchens.
- At first they look pretty awful - this is what she calls the potato wedge phase - but she fits them to my teeth over and over again.
- The Marathi term for pan-frying is paratne, and potato translates as batata, hence the Marathi name for this dish is paratlele batate.
- Both the yellow and orange forms are varieties of Ipomoea batatas whose species name is the native American source of our word potato.
- Vice-President Dan Quayle famously advised a young schoolboy to add the letter "e" to the end of the word "potato" during a spelling exercise.
- Math is “maths,” an elevator is a “lift,” a truck is a “lorry,” a flashlight is a “torch,” and “crisps” are what they call potato chips, while “chips” over here means French fries.
- Financial Times pronounced its Kettle Brand sea salt and balsamic vinegar chips tops in a taste test of "gourmet salt and vinegar crisps" which is what they call potato chips over there.
- Mr Nahigian was blamed by Dan Quayle for the notorious 1992 incident in which the then vice-president misspelt the word potato - adding an "e" on the end after, he said, Mr Nahigian had failed to notice the error on a cue card.