Tomato
noun
A red or yellowish fruit with a juicy pulp, used as a vegetable in cooking.
She added some chopped tomatoes into the salad.
Often appears as...
- slice of tomato
- tomato sauce
noun
The tomato plant itself.
Tomatoes grow well in temperate climates.
Often appears as...
- tomato plant
- tomato vine
noun
A shade of red, the color of a ripe tomato.
She painted the wall in tomato red.
Often appears as...
- tomato red color
- tomato colored dress
noun
In slang, a particularly attractive woman.
Look at that tomato over there!
Usage tips
Informal, Approving
Colloquial
noun
A red or yellowish fruit with a juicy pulp, used as a vegetable in cooking.
She added some chopped tomatoes into the salad.
Often appears as...
- slice of tomato
- tomato sauce
noun
The tomato plant itself.
Tomatoes grow well in temperate climates.
Often appears as...
- tomato plant
- tomato vine
noun
A shade of red, the color of a ripe tomato.
She painted the wall in tomato red.
Often appears as...
- tomato red color
- tomato colored dress
noun
In slang, a particularly attractive woman.
Look at that tomato over there!
Usage tips
Informal, Approving
Colloquial
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Not Always Red
Tomatoes vary in color, including green, yellow, and purple varieties, not just red.
Heirloom tomatoes can have a mix of colors, such as yellow and purple.
Pro Tip 2/3Culinary Use
Despite being a fruit, tomatoes are commonly used as a vegetable in salads, sauces, and dishes.
Tomato is a fruit, but we use it like a vegetable in our spaghetti sauce.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Staple
Tomatoes are a key ingredient in many cuisines around the world, such as Italian and Mexican.
Mexican salsa is incomplete without ripe tomatoes.
Pro Tip 1/3Not Always Red
Tomatoes vary in color, including green, yellow, and purple varieties, not just red.
Heirloom tomatoes can have a mix of colors, such as yellow and purple.
Pro Tip 2/3Culinary Use
Despite being a fruit, tomatoes are commonly used as a vegetable in salads, sauces, and dishes.
Tomato is a fruit, but we use it like a vegetable in our spaghetti sauce.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Staple
Tomatoes are a key ingredient in many cuisines around the world, such as Italian and Mexican.
Mexican salsa is incomplete without ripe tomatoes.
Pro Tip 1/3Not Always Red
Tomatoes vary in color, including green, yellow, and purple varieties, not just red.
Heirloom tomatoes can have a mix of colors, such as yellow and purple.
Pro Tip 2/3Culinary Use
Despite being a fruit, tomatoes are commonly used as a vegetable in salads, sauces, and dishes.
Tomato is a fruit, but we use it like a vegetable in our spaghetti sauce.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Staple
Tomatoes are a key ingredient in many cuisines around the world, such as Italian and Mexican.
Mexican salsa is incomplete without ripe tomatoes.
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Rediscovering Glen...
course is mushrooms and rice with sun-dried tomatoes in hot sauce and then we're having a small course of sardines to cleanse the palate it's a slot canyons man I had never been in something like that in my entire life you're walking through these candidates which are fairly tall and skinny in the
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How sugar affects the...
it's also added to tomato sauce, yogurt, dried fruit, flavored waters, or granola bars. Since sugar is everywhere, it's important to understand how it affects the brain. What happens when sugar hits your tongue? And does eating a little bit of sugar make you crave more?
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Ernesto Sirolli: Want to...
and we taught the local people how to grow Italian tomatoes and zucchini and And of course the local people had absolutely no interest in doing that, so we paid them to come and work, and sometimes they would show up. And we were amazed that the local people,
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Can plants talk to each...
which colonize the plants' roots and help them absorb water and nutrients. These fungal filaments form extensive networks that can connect separate plants, creating an underground super highway for chemical messages. When a tomato plant responds to blight
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Marla Spivak: Why bees...
people are paid to do the business of pollination by hand. These people are moving pollen from flower to flower with a paintbrush. Now this business of hand pollination is actually not that uncommon. Tomato growers often pollinate their tomato flowers
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Choice, happiness and...
And B, we thought that if we gave them the culturally authentic tomato sauce, then they would embrace it. And that's what would please the maximum number of people. In other words, people in the cooking world were looking for cooking universals.
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How nationalism and...
how would you make it without the tomatoes of the New World? No, instead, you would be served probably a lot of porridge, some vegetable -- mostly cabbage -- some cheese, and maybe if you're lucky, the absolute delicacy of that time --
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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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The taste of time PIPE Barb...
umami taste as savory meaty or brothy it's that hunger satisfying savoriness you get from some of the world's favorite foods like meat cheese mushrooms tomatoes seafood in a comforting chicken broth if you removed
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Forget Everything You...
different ways so we get confused so tomato you would put in a salad right so it's a vegetable well no it's fruit that's not the entire truth because not only is it a fruit
Video examples
Rediscovering Glen...
course is mushrooms and rice with sun-dried tomatoes in hot sauce and then we're having a small course of sardines to cleanse the palate it's a slot canyons man I had never been in something like that in my entire life you're walking through these candidates which are fairly tall and skinny in the
Video examples
How sugar affects the...
it's also added to tomato sauce, yogurt, dried fruit, flavored waters, or granola bars. Since sugar is everywhere, it's important to understand how it affects the brain. What happens when sugar hits your tongue? And does eating a little bit of sugar make you crave more?
Video examples
Ernesto Sirolli: Want to...
and we taught the local people how to grow Italian tomatoes and zucchini and And of course the local people had absolutely no interest in doing that, so we paid them to come and work, and sometimes they would show up. And we were amazed that the local people,
Video examples
Can plants talk to each...
which colonize the plants' roots and help them absorb water and nutrients. These fungal filaments form extensive networks that can connect separate plants, creating an underground super highway for chemical messages. When a tomato plant responds to blight
Video examples
Marla Spivak: Why bees...
people are paid to do the business of pollination by hand. These people are moving pollen from flower to flower with a paintbrush. Now this business of hand pollination is actually not that uncommon. Tomato growers often pollinate their tomato flowers
Video examples
Choice, happiness and...
And B, we thought that if we gave them the culturally authentic tomato sauce, then they would embrace it. And that's what would please the maximum number of people. In other words, people in the cooking world were looking for cooking universals.
Video examples
How nationalism and...
how would you make it without the tomatoes of the New World? No, instead, you would be served probably a lot of porridge, some vegetable -- mostly cabbage -- some cheese, and maybe if you're lucky, the absolute delicacy of that time --
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
The taste of time PIPE Barb...
umami taste as savory meaty or brothy it's that hunger satisfying savoriness you get from some of the world's favorite foods like meat cheese mushrooms tomatoes seafood in a comforting chicken broth if you removed
Video examples
Forget Everything You...
different ways so we get confused so tomato you would put in a salad right so it's a vegetable well no it's fruit that's not the entire truth because not only is it a fruit
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Marc Gasol
Spanish Basketball Player
Gardening does so much for your brain. You're learning how a process works, and how important it is to do everything right so that you can eventually enjoy a tomato three months later. I've always been patient, but gardening really helps you with that.
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Rhys Ifans
Welsh Actor
I don't have a problem with green screen at all. I think children invented CGI. We invent worlds. A stick can become a sword. Or a bowl of stones can become a bowl of tomatoes. That's what children do, and that's what CGI enables us to do.
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Dan Buettner
American Explorer
You rarely get satisfaction sitting in an easy chair. If you work in a garden on the other hand, and it yields beautiful tomatoes, that's a good feeling.
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Sidney Poitier
American Actor
My father was a tomato farmer. There is the phrase that says he or she worked their fingers to the bone, well, that's my dad. And he was a very good man.
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Brian O'Driscoll
Irish Athlete
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is knowing not to put it in a fruit salad.
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Ina Garten
American Author
Grilled cheese and tomato soup is the ultimate comfort meal.
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Eric Ripert
French Chef
It took me all my life to learn how to salt a tomato.
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Mika Brzezinski
American Journalist
I love tomatoes, and they're so good for you.
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Alex Guarnaschelli
American Chef
Who doesn't love a stuffed cherry tomato?
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Chase Elliott
American Driver
I do not like tomatoes.
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Marc Gasol
Spanish Basketball Player
Gardening does so much for your brain. You're learning how a process works, and how important it is to do everything right so that you can eventually enjoy a tomato three months later. I've always been patient, but gardening really helps you with that.
Quote examples
Rhys Ifans
Welsh Actor
I don't have a problem with green screen at all. I think children invented CGI. We invent worlds. A stick can become a sword. Or a bowl of stones can become a bowl of tomatoes. That's what children do, and that's what CGI enables us to do.
Quote examples
Dan Buettner
American Explorer
You rarely get satisfaction sitting in an easy chair. If you work in a garden on the other hand, and it yields beautiful tomatoes, that's a good feeling.
Quote examples
Sidney Poitier
American Actor
My father was a tomato farmer. There is the phrase that says he or she worked their fingers to the bone, well, that's my dad. And he was a very good man.
Quote examples
Brian O'Driscoll
Irish Athlete
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is knowing not to put it in a fruit salad.
Quote examples
Ina Garten
American Author
Grilled cheese and tomato soup is the ultimate comfort meal.
Quote examples
Eric Ripert
French Chef
It took me all my life to learn how to salt a tomato.
Quote examples
Mika Brzezinski
American Journalist
I love tomatoes, and they're so good for you.
Quote examples
Alex Guarnaschelli
American Chef
Who doesn't love a stuffed cherry tomato?
Quote examples
Chase Elliott
American Driver
I do not like tomatoes.
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