a round white vegetable with a brown or red skin that grows underground as part of a plant also called a potato. Will you peel the potatoes for me? Couch potato · The potato famine · Mashed potato · Sweet potato

a round white vegetable with a brown or red skin that grows underground as part of a plant also called a potato Will you peel the potatoes for me?

There are 14 meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun potato, one of which is labelled obsolete. See 'Meaning & use' for definitions, usage, and quotation ...

​a problem, situation, etc. that is difficult and unpleasant to deal with. The issue of taxing domestic fuel has become a political hot potato.

baked potato noun /ˌbeɪkt pəˈteɪtəʊ/ /ˌbeɪkt pəˈteɪtəʊ/ (British English also jacket potato) a potato cooked in its skin in an oven.

potatoes that have been boiled and made into a soft mass, often mixed with butter and milk. Definitions on the go

hot potato ... a problem, situation, etc. that is difficult and unpleasant to deal with The issue of taxing health benefits has become a political hot potato.

6 дней назад · a round vegetable that grows underground and has white flesh with light brown, red, or pink skin, or the plant on which these grow.

(British English) (also baked potato British and North American English) a potato cooked in its skin in an oven

​a person who spends a lot of time sitting and watching television. He's turned into a real couch potato since he subscribed to the sports channel.