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t-uh-MAHT-oh/təˈmɑːtəʊ/

Soft, usually red, in salads and cooking: a tomato. Tomatoes (plural -es). In English it is often called a fruit in science and a vegetable in the kitchen — at A1, treat it as food for salads and sauces. Potato is from the ground and not usually red and juicy.

Meaning

A soft red fruit used in cooking and salads.

Examples

• “Put a tomato in the salad.”
• “Slice the tomatoes for the salad.”
• “This soup is made from tomatoes.”

Good to know

Plural: tomatoes. Salad and cooking. Different from potato.

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