Potato
noun
A plant tuber that is eaten as a vegetable.
She is peeling a potato for dinner.
Often appears as...
- baked potato
- mashed potato
noun
The plant of the nightshade family which produces the potato tubers.
The potato plants in my garden are starting to flower.
Often appears as...
- potato plant
- potato crop
noun
Someone who is lazy or inactive, especially someone who spends a lot of time watching television.
I've been a couch potato all weekend, just watching TV and eating junk food.
Often appears as...
- couch potato
- be a potato
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Colloquial
noun
Extra or additional thing.
We'll throw in the shipping as an extra potato.
Often appears as...
- extra potato
- additional potato
Usage tips
Informal, Approving
Colloquial
noun
A plant tuber that is eaten as a vegetable.
She is peeling a potato for dinner.
Often appears as...
- baked potato
- mashed potato
noun
The plant of the nightshade family which produces the potato tubers.
The potato plants in my garden are starting to flower.
Often appears as...
- potato plant
- potato crop
noun
Someone who is lazy or inactive, especially someone who spends a lot of time watching television.
I've been a couch potato all weekend, just watching TV and eating junk food.
Often appears as...
- couch potato
- be a potato
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Colloquial
noun
Extra or additional thing.
We'll throw in the shipping as an extra potato.
Often appears as...
- extra potato
- additional potato
Usage tips
Informal, Approving
Colloquial
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Culinary Context
Used often in cooking, 'potato' relates to many dishes worldwide, implying a staple food source.
The recipe calls for two large potatoes.
Pro Tip 2/3Variety Matters
Potatoes come in different types; some are better for frying, others for baking or stewing.
Russet potatoes are great for baking.
Pro Tip 3/3Preparation Versatility
Potatoes can be boiled, mashed, fried, or baked, making the word versatile in cooking contexts.
She mashed the potatoes with some butter and milk.
Pro Tip 1/3Culinary Context
Used often in cooking, 'potato' relates to many dishes worldwide, implying a staple food source.
The recipe calls for two large potatoes.
Pro Tip 2/3Variety Matters
Potatoes come in different types; some are better for frying, others for baking or stewing.
Russet potatoes are great for baking.
Pro Tip 3/3Preparation Versatility
Potatoes can be boiled, mashed, fried, or baked, making the word versatile in cooking contexts.
She mashed the potatoes with some butter and milk.
Pro Tip 1/3Culinary Context
Used often in cooking, 'potato' relates to many dishes worldwide, implying a staple food source.
The recipe calls for two large potatoes.
Pro Tip 2/3Variety Matters
Potatoes come in different types; some are better for frying, others for baking or stewing.
Russet potatoes are great for baking.
Pro Tip 3/3Preparation Versatility
Potatoes can be boiled, mashed, fried, or baked, making the word versatile in cooking contexts.
She mashed the potatoes with some butter and milk.
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Video examples
Why Do Gorillas Have...
cultivated for our palette like the ones we have here so if you're in a zoo environment you're probably not going to give them much fruit at all they would love it but it's sort of like giving them chocolate really it's very high in sugar and they probably won't eat anything else so the sweetest things we give them tend to be root vegetables so sweet potato carrots
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Unsung Heroes of Everest...
where people grow potatoes, herd yaks. There aren't a lot of other options for making an income besides the mountain. Running a tea-house, running a lodge those are kind of the dreams. A lot of people save up their money to start up a tea-house so they won't have to keep working in the mountains. Life is really quiet and slow in these places.
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It's not fair having 12...
Heavy! Then we made these legs that are cast in soil with a potato root system growing in them, and beetroots out the top, and a very lovely brass toe. That's a good close-up of that one. Then another character was a half-woman, half-cheetah -- a little homage to my life as an athlete.
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How does your body know...
For instance, boiled potatoes are ranked as some of the most hunger-satisfying foods, while croissants are particularly unsatisfying. In general, foods with more protein, fiber, and water tend to keep hunger at bay for longer. But feeling full won't last forever.
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5 Reasons Ants Are...
their trek is about the length of two football pitches laid end to end and they're not traveling empty-handed each ant carries a lava or a pupa hung below her body the equivalent of us running a marathon while carrying a sack of potatoes
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The reality constructed...
then I go somewhere else in the city and then there's a guy with a little gizmo which is cutting potato peels and carrots and things and the group of people around him and he's saying how you can make healthy life and is
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Pamela Ronald: The case...
using a process called grafting to create this variety that's half tomato and half potato. Breeders have also used other types of genetic techniques, such as random mutagenesis, which induces uncharacterized mutations
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Mummified Child...
from her hair the team discovered a countdown to sacrifice that began months before her death and the first event was one year before the death of the maiden a shift from a diet of vegetables and potatoes was
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What causes kidney...
Foods like potato chips, spinach, rhubarb, and beets are high in oxalate, so doctors might advise limiting them. Even though calcium is often found in stones, calcium in foods and beverages can actually help
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History through the eyes...
Baked or fried, boiled or roasted, as chips or fries. At some point in your life, you've probably eaten a potato. Delicious, for sure,
Video examples
Why Do Gorillas Have...
cultivated for our palette like the ones we have here so if you're in a zoo environment you're probably not going to give them much fruit at all they would love it but it's sort of like giving them chocolate really it's very high in sugar and they probably won't eat anything else so the sweetest things we give them tend to be root vegetables so sweet potato carrots
Video examples
Unsung Heroes of Everest...
where people grow potatoes, herd yaks. There aren't a lot of other options for making an income besides the mountain. Running a tea-house, running a lodge those are kind of the dreams. A lot of people save up their money to start up a tea-house so they won't have to keep working in the mountains. Life is really quiet and slow in these places.
Video examples
It's not fair having 12...
Heavy! Then we made these legs that are cast in soil with a potato root system growing in them, and beetroots out the top, and a very lovely brass toe. That's a good close-up of that one. Then another character was a half-woman, half-cheetah -- a little homage to my life as an athlete.
Video examples
How does your body know...
For instance, boiled potatoes are ranked as some of the most hunger-satisfying foods, while croissants are particularly unsatisfying. In general, foods with more protein, fiber, and water tend to keep hunger at bay for longer. But feeling full won't last forever.
Video examples
5 Reasons Ants Are...
their trek is about the length of two football pitches laid end to end and they're not traveling empty-handed each ant carries a lava or a pupa hung below her body the equivalent of us running a marathon while carrying a sack of potatoes
Video examples
The reality constructed...
then I go somewhere else in the city and then there's a guy with a little gizmo which is cutting potato peels and carrots and things and the group of people around him and he's saying how you can make healthy life and is
Video examples
Pamela Ronald: The case...
using a process called grafting to create this variety that's half tomato and half potato. Breeders have also used other types of genetic techniques, such as random mutagenesis, which induces uncharacterized mutations
Video examples
Mummified Child...
from her hair the team discovered a countdown to sacrifice that began months before her death and the first event was one year before the death of the maiden a shift from a diet of vegetables and potatoes was
Video examples
What causes kidney...
Foods like potato chips, spinach, rhubarb, and beets are high in oxalate, so doctors might advise limiting them. Even though calcium is often found in stones, calcium in foods and beverages can actually help
Video examples
History through the eyes...
Baked or fried, boiled or roasted, as chips or fries. At some point in your life, you've probably eaten a potato. Delicious, for sure,
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Quote examples
Guy Fieri
American Businessman
Preparing food is one of life's great joys, but a lot of times, parents ask their kids if they want to cook with them and then tell them to go peel a bag of potatoes. That's not cooking - that's working!
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George Harrison
British Musician
Some of the best songs that I know are the ones I haven't written yet, and it doesn't even matter if I don't ever write them, because it's only small potatoes compared with the big picture.
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Sholom Aleichem
Russian Writer
One cannot live on potatoes alone. It is said that one wants bread with potatoes. And when there's no bread, a Jew takes his stick, and goes through the village in search of business.
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Ronda Rousey
American Athlete
My life is so active, and I'm fighting the whole day that I don't have any aggressiveness or any energy outside of fighting. I'm the most chill couch potato you could ever meet.
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Lee Daniels
American Actor
Stars make money on real movies. They make big money on real movies. To come into my world, I've got some M&Ms and some potato chips, and I'm asking you to move furniture.
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Gisele Bundchen
Brazilian Model
I'm not a potato sack; I've never sat on my couch. If I'm home, I'm cleaning, feeding my dogs, doing stuff. Life is too precious to waste time.
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Tom Holland
English Actor
I completely and utterly rely on my mum. Without my mum, I would not be anywhere at all. I'd literally just be a couch potato.
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Betty White
American Actress
Hot dogs and Red Vines and potato chips and French fries are my favorite foods.
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Douglas Adams
English Writer
It is a mistake to think you can solve any major problems just with potatoes.
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Oprah Winfrey
American Entertainer
My idea of heaven is a great big baked potato and someone to share it with.
Quote examples
Guy Fieri
American Businessman
Preparing food is one of life's great joys, but a lot of times, parents ask their kids if they want to cook with them and then tell them to go peel a bag of potatoes. That's not cooking - that's working!
Quote examples
George Harrison
British Musician
Some of the best songs that I know are the ones I haven't written yet, and it doesn't even matter if I don't ever write them, because it's only small potatoes compared with the big picture.
Quote examples
Sholom Aleichem
Russian Writer
One cannot live on potatoes alone. It is said that one wants bread with potatoes. And when there's no bread, a Jew takes his stick, and goes through the village in search of business.
Quote examples
Ronda Rousey
American Athlete
My life is so active, and I'm fighting the whole day that I don't have any aggressiveness or any energy outside of fighting. I'm the most chill couch potato you could ever meet.
Quote examples
Lee Daniels
American Actor
Stars make money on real movies. They make big money on real movies. To come into my world, I've got some M&Ms and some potato chips, and I'm asking you to move furniture.
Quote examples
Gisele Bundchen
Brazilian Model
I'm not a potato sack; I've never sat on my couch. If I'm home, I'm cleaning, feeding my dogs, doing stuff. Life is too precious to waste time.
Quote examples
Tom Holland
English Actor
I completely and utterly rely on my mum. Without my mum, I would not be anywhere at all. I'd literally just be a couch potato.
Quote examples
Betty White
American Actress
Hot dogs and Red Vines and potato chips and French fries are my favorite foods.
Quote examples
Douglas Adams
English Writer
It is a mistake to think you can solve any major problems just with potatoes.
Quote examples
Oprah Winfrey
American Entertainer
My idea of heaven is a great big baked potato and someone to share it with.
Example 1 of 10
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