noun
Meaning 1
A potato.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
Examples
- We ate them taters up real good.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Colloquial Variant guide
tater
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /ˈteɪtə/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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US: tāʹtər
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US: /ˈteɪtɚ/
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rhymes with -eɪtə(ɹ)
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CMU ARPABET: T EY1 T ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A home run.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, slang
Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
an edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: potato, white potato, Irish potato, murphy, spud
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: starches, solanaceous vegetable, root vegetable
Narrower terms: baked potato, french fries, french-fried potatoes, fries, chips, home fries, home-fried potatoes, mashed potato, Uruguay potato
History
Etymology
Representing an aphetic pronunciation of potato. Compare patater (“potato”), 'mater (“tomato”), and 'naner (“banana”).