potato
po·tato [potato potatoes] BrE [pəˈteɪtəʊ] NAmE [pəˈteɪtoʊ] noun  countable, uncountable (pl. po·tatoes)
a round white vegetable with a brown or red skin that grows underground as the root of a plant also called a potato
• Will you peel the potatoes for me?
•roast/boiled/baked/fried potatoes
see also ↑couch potato, ↑hot potato, ↑jacket, ↑mashed potato, ↑meat and potatoes, ↑meat-and-potatoes, ↑small potatoes, ↑sweet potato
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.
Example Bank:
•a plate of fried potato skins
•baked potatoes with sour cream and chives
•potatoes baked in their jackets
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