A plant of species Solanum tuberosum or its edible starchy tuber.
Used in a Sentence
potatoes
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for potatoes.
Editorial note
While there, I asked the gardener why I couldn't just use potatoes eyes that had begun to sprout on store-bought potatoes.
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Quick take
A plant of species Solanum tuberosum or its edible starchy tuber.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of potatoes gathered in one view.
A person or animal shaped like a potato, that is, with a large belly and/or short legs.
Metaphor for a person or thing of little value.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for potatoes.
noun
A plant of species Solanum tuberosum or its edible starchy tuber.
noun
A person or animal shaped like a potato, that is, with a large belly and/or short legs.
noun
Metaphor for a person or thing of little value.
noun
(informal, UK) A conspicuous hole in a sock or stocking.
Example sentences
While there, I asked the gardener why I couldn't just use potatoes eyes that had begun to sprout on store-bought potatoes.
By this I mean, a home cooked meal should be meat and potatoes and it shouldn't be expected to be boeuf bourguignon.
Another angle on this problem: How much water must you add to the potatoes to make them 100% water?
So what you're saying is this was small potatoes and they should have caused a pile-up.
This study contradicts the glycemic index theory which claims glucose, specifically rice and potatoes, are the worst carbohydrates sources because they're high-GI.
Or like the mining industry in Siberia, where the nightly entertainment is/was sitting around with a bottle of vodka and some potatoes.
Look at how much easier it would be to solve this version of the Martian potatoes problem which avoids percentages altogether: Earth has developed an insatiable appetite for Martian potatoes with their tasty pulp.
That is, restate the question with a different end water percentage and the answer is immediately obvious: > You have 100 lbs of Martian potatoes, which are 99 percent water by weight.
Yuki runs a successful manufacturing plant on Mars which synthesizes a product called 'Martian Instaspuds'; instant potatoes being more cost effective to ship.
Now these red potatoes (it's Mars after all) are processed in lots of 100kg mass which consist of 1kg pulp to 99kg water, 1p:99w.
Yes, I would word the paradox like: You have 100 lbs of Martian potatoes, which are 1/100 water by weight.
Yes, every bag of non-organic potatoes I've gotten has sprouted after a long period of time.
Quote examples
The "bailout" was a payoff for IP infringement and was small potatoes, something like $150 million.
A much more important example of this than "martian potatoes" is uranium enrichment.
If you phrased the question as "You have N pounds of potatoes", or with a specific number other than 100, it would come across as less unintuitive.
In reality if you did this with real physical objects the part where it says: "You let them dehydrate until they're 98 percent water" hides a process in which one of the operations would involve picking up the potatoes.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use potatoes in a sentence?
While there, I asked the gardener why I couldn't just use potatoes eyes that had begun to sprout on store-bought potatoes.
What does potatoes mean?
A plant of species Solanum tuberosum or its edible starchy tuber.
What part of speech is potatoes?
potatoes is commonly used as noun.