Foundation level · Year 4 · free
potatoes
noun · Say it: puh-TAY-tohz
What it means
Foundationround vegetables that grow under the ground and can be boiled, mashed, roasted or fried
Dad roasted crispy potatoes to go with our Sunday dinner.
Similar and opposite words
Synonyms (similar meaning)
- spuds
- tatties
More examples
- We dug up potatoes from Gran's vegetable patch in the autumn.
Where the word comes from
From Spanish 'patata', from a word in the Taino language of the Caribbean.
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