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tomato.

A widely cultivated plant, Solanum lycopersicum, having edible fruit.

6 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/təˈmɑː.təʊ/Australia, Received-Pronunciation/təˈmeɪ.toʊ/US[tʰəˈmeɪɾo]Canada[tʰəˈme(ː)to(ː)]Canada
  1. A widely cultivated plant, Solanum lycopersicum, having edible fruit.

    countable · uncountable
  2. The savory fruit of this plant, most often red when ripe, treated as a vegetable in horticulture and cooking.

    countable · uncountable
    He was chopping a tomato to put in the salad.
    He was eating a tomato when his boss called him.
  3. A shade of red, the colour typical of a ripe tomato.

    countable · uncountable
  4. An attractive woman.

    countable · slang · uncountable
  5. A stupid act or person.

    countable · slang · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Variant of earlier tomate, from Spanish tomate, from Classical Nahuatl tomatl, from Proto-Nahuan *toma-tl. Compare tomatillo.

adj/təˈmɑː.təʊ/Australia, Received-Pronunciation/təˈmeɪ.toʊ/US[tʰəˈmeɪɾo]Canada[tʰəˈme(ː)to(ː)]Canada
  1. Of a shade of red, the colour of a ripe tomato.

Where this word comes from

Variant of earlier tomate, from Spanish tomate, from Classical Nahuatl tomatl, from Proto-Nahuan *toma-tl. Compare tomatillo.

verb/təˈmɑː.təʊ/Australia, Received-Pronunciation/təˈmeɪ.toʊ/US[tʰəˈmeɪɾo]Canada[tʰəˈme(ː)to(ː)]Canada
  1. To pelt with tomatoes.

    rare · transitive
  2. To add tomatoes to (a dish).

    rare · transitive
Where this word comes from

Variant of earlier tomate, from Spanish tomate, from Classical Nahuatl tomatl, from Proto-Nahuan *toma-tl. Compare tomatillo.

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