tater
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- noun
- /ˈteɪtər/
- Informal
- Very easy to keep through the winter, or you can lift the taters and store them in a dry, dark place.
- tater tots
- fried taters
- eat taters
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Watch on YouTubeAnd since it's Minnesota, both of those meals are tater tots.
- And since it's Minnesota, both of those meals are tater tots.
- Got some coleslaw and some tater salad.
- Like the the hash Browns or the tater tots in my cargo shorts.
Examples
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And is life even worth living in a world without tater tots?
Blog text (7) -
The man weeps when the cafeteria runs out of Tater Tots.
Fiction book (1995) -
And I just want to make sure that we're giving our taters the best shot at life.
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Let her eat her tater tots, please.
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Teen girls love tater tots.
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She decided she was gonna go get some, uh, tater tots.
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Won't grow taters unless you make sure of that.
Fiction book (1998) -
Steaks, baked taters, cold beer, the works.
Fiction book (1993) -
After work, I'd be out there every night watering my carrots, taters, tomatoes.
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I love to bake a crispy potato topped with cheese, also known as a tater.
Synonyms
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1.0
A starchy vegetable that people eat, often boiled or mashed
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3.0
A potato often eaten cooked or fried
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6.0
A thick underground stem that stores food and grows new shoots, like a potato
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9.9
A name for a potato used in some parts of Ireland and Britain
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9.9
A potato, especially in Scotland
Surface Forms
Etymology
Tater is a friendly, informal short form of potato, like saying 'bike' for 'bicycle'. So, when someone says tater they simply mean a 'potato'.