potatoes [puh-tey-toh, -tuh] Example Sentences
Main Entry:
potato [puh-tey-toh, -tuh]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: vegetable
Synonyms: murphy, plant, spud, tater, tuber, yam
Main Entry: spud
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: tuber
Synonyms: potato, tater
Main Entry: tuber
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: vegetable
Synonyms: beet, bulb, jalap, potato, root, salep, taro, turnip, yam
Notes: tubers are different from bulbs and corms in that they have no basal plate or enveloping leaves
Example Sentences
  • Add sweet potato, potatoes and reserved lobster broth.
  • In the days when children made do with pencils and blackboards, school budgets were small potatoes.
  • The answer used to be not much more than herrings-eaten cold, with vinegary sauces and hot boiled potatoes.
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