potatoes

Noun

potato (countable and uncountable, plural potatoes)

1. The edible starchy tuber of the plant species Solanum tuberosum.
   • Do not let your child have potato for another year; he will probably take milk well enough after he is weaned.1891, “Condensed Replies to Various Letters”, in Leroy M[ilton] Yale, editor, Babyhood: The Mother’s Nursery Guide, Devoted to the Care of Children, volume VII, New York, N.Y.; London: Babyhood...

   Synonyms:

   p'tater, spud, tato, tater, tator, tatie, earthapple, mickey, murphy, bog orange

2. The plant that produces this tuber.

   Synonyms:

   many of the synonyms for the tuber can also refer to the plant

3. (obsolete) A sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas).
4. (UK, informal) A conspicuous hole in a sock or stocking.
   • She was untidily dressed as usual and there were potatoes in both heels.1943, Agatha Christie, The Moving Finger
5. (derogatory, endearing, often, sometimes) A person or animal shaped like a potato, that is, with a large belly and/or short legs.
6. Metaphor for a person or thing of little value.
   • I don't value Monſieur de Champignon a rotten potatoe; […]1757, [Tobias Smollett], The Reprisal: Or, The Tars of Old England. […], London: […] R[oberts] Baldwin, […], →OCLC, Act I, scene ii, page 8

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