potato
A plant of species or its edible starchy tuber.
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Today's pick: a mouthwatering street food sushi platter with a side of potato wedges. Perfect combo!
Internal monolog is the same sound as microwaving a potato. (Affectionate)
RECALL ALERT ⚠️: Several varieties of Zapp's and Dirty potato chips sold nationwide have been recalled over salmonella concerns. MORE >>> https://www.wtvy.com/2026/05/05/potato-chips-recalled-over-salmonella-concerns/
How you can say thees?!? Glorious Russian airplane machines weeth damages, now repaired weeth POTATO. NOTHING beats POTATO!!!!
Threats a 3 year old has genuinely made this morning: I’m going to stamp you into a postcard! I’m going to peel you into a potato! Isn’t language beautiful, folks.
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A plant of species or its edible starchy tuber.
Do not let your child have potato for another year; he will probably take milk well enough after he is weaned.
“Today's pick: a mouthwatering street food sushi platter with a side of potato wedges. Perfect combo!”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Internal monolog is the same sound as microwaving a potato. (Affectionate)”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Threats a 3 year old has genuinely made this morning: I’m going to stamp you into a postcard! I’m going to peel you into a potato! Isn’t language beautiful, folks.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“I thought it seemed fine. Like they're just mashed potato now. They already had pocket fluff all over them”
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— Bluesky· May 2026
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(informal, UK) A conspicuous hole in a sock or stocking.
A number of the children said that they had potato for breakfast, potato and herring for dinner, potato and milk for supper.
“RECALL ALERT ⚠️: Several varieties of Zapp's and Dirty potato chips sold nationwide have been recalled over salmonella concerns. MORE >>> https://www.wtvy.com/2026/05/05/potato-chips-recalled-over-salmonella-concerns/”
— Bluesky· May 2026“How you can say thees?!? Glorious Russian airplane machines weeth damages, now repaired weeth POTATO. NOTHING beats POTATO!!!!”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Sorry to hear that. Can't find enough of it in gov't/county records? I had one ancestor who came over from Ireland during the Potato Famine, but that must be too long ago to qualify.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Potato chips sold nationwide are the subject of a recall over salmonella concerns: https://fox59.com/news/national-world/popular-potato-chips-recalled-over-salmonella-concerns-fda/”
— Bluesky· May 2026“i for one welcome out new crab potato overlords”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(obsolete) A sweet potato ().
The protein value of this dish is equal to that of 1⅛ pounds of potato and beef, the fuel value, however, being much in excess of these.
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