pomodoro

Noun

pomodoro (countable and uncountable, plural pomodoros or pomodori)

1. (countable, rare) A variety of pear-shaped tomato from Italy; San Marzano tomato.
   • Then she saw her first can of pomodoros, pear-shaped tomatoes grown and packed in Italy. She took a can home, and she was sure that pomodoros had more tang than our native tomatoes.1956, Pulpit Digest - Volume 36, page 13
   • Ingredients: Garlic cloves, crushed 2 or 3/White bread, broken in pieces 6 slices/Water 2 cups/Spanish olive oil 1 cup/Salt 1 tbsp./Tomatoes, fresh ripe, peeled and chopped 5 lbs./ or pomodoro tomatoes, sieved 2 qts./Onions, chopped 3/4 cup/Ice-cold water 1 1/2 cup /Pimiento or green pepper 1/4...1964, Volume Feeding Institutions - Volume 54, page 89
2. A 25-minute time interval spent working (followed by a five-minute break), used as part of the Pomodoro time management system.
   • If each pair works on 10 pomodoros per day, the total team capacity is 30 pomodoros per day.2010, Darja Šmite, Nils Brede Moe, Pär J. Ågerfalk, Agility Across Time and Space
   • Each cycle of 25+ 5 minutes is defined as a 'pomodoro', and the idea of 'doing pomodoros' – usually in sets of four – has become standard practice among many programmers. It has also become a technique used outside of computing circles: a practice that's emblematic of the influence of the hacking...2013, Tom Chatfield, Netymology: From Apps to Zombies