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Potatoes Potato Baked Noun Bre Pəˈteɪtəʊ Pəˈteɪtoʊ Peel

Word potato
WordType (noun)
Phonetic BrE / pəˈteɪtəʊ / NAmE / pəˈteɪtoʊ /
Example
  • will you peel the potatoes for me?
  • roast/boiled/baked/fried potatoes
  • a plate of fried potato skins
  • baked potatoes with sour cream and chives
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potato

(noun)BrE / pəˈteɪtəʊ / NAmE / pəˈteɪtoʊ /
  1. a round white vegetable with a brown or red skin that grows underground as the root of a plant also called a potato
    • see also couch potato
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/couch-potato
    • Will you peel the potatoes for me?
    • roast/boiled/baked/fried potatoes

    Extra Examples

    • a plate of fried potato skins
    • baked potatoes with sour cream and chives
    • potatoes baked in their jackets

    Word Origin

    • mid 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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