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.

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.

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

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

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.

(also mashed potatoes [plural] British and North American English) ​potatoes that have been boiled and made into a soft mass, often mixed with butter and milk.

a root vegetable that looks like a red potato, but that is yellow inside and tastes sweetTopics Foodb2 · Questions about grammar and vocabulary?