potato
n. countablen. a round vegetable with brown or red skin and white inside that grows under the ground. You can cook it in many ways, such as boiling, frying, or baking it.
n. an edible tuber of a plant in the nightshade family, widely cultivated as a primary food source. It is a staple carbohydrate in many global cuisines.
I usually peel a potato before boiling it.
The chef decided to roast the potato with rosemary and garlic to serve alongside the main course.
While the potato originated in the Andean region of South America, it eventually became a critical crop for European food security due to its high caloric yield per acre.
Borrowed from Spanish patata, itself borrowed from Taíno batata (“sweet potato”).
Countable when referring to the individual tuber; uncountable when referring to the food substance (e.g., 'a bowl of mashed potato').