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French fried potatoes, French fries N pl

meat-and-potatoes N Am inf

potato <-es> [pəˈteɪtəʊ, Am -t̬oʊ] N

couch potato <- -es> N

hot potato <-oes> N fig

jacket potato N

potato beetle, potato bug N Am

potato chips N

potato masher N

potato peeler N

seed potato N

sweet potato N

Colorado beetle [ˌkɒləˈrɑ:dəʊˈbi:tl, Am ˌkɑ:ləˈrædoʊˈbi:t̬l] N, Colorado potato beetle N

Usage examples with potatoes

mashed potatoes
карто́фельное пюре́ nt
to lift potatoes
выка́пывать карто́фель
to mash potatoes
де́лать пюре́ из карто́феля
a good harvest of potatoes
хоро́ший урожа́й m карто́феля

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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If a certain someone wrote his name extra-large and your name teeny weeny, he thinks he's hot stuff and you're cold potatoes.
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Cups lift seed potatoes from a hopper and drop them in tubes, planting up to eight drills at a time.
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The pie gave the impression that there's an abundance of tarragon as well as potatoes in the garden.
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We would have the odd bit of pilfering of potatoes and onions, but this was deliberate.
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You had the choice of chips, new potatoes or jacket potato to accompany it and a choice of vegetables or salad.
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The contents of her stomach were found to include pieces of recently-eaten chapatti and potatoes.
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Ground was broken, irrigation ditches were dug, and the first fields of potatoes and turnips were planted.
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Foods suitable for boiling include vegetables, starchy foods such as rice, noodles and potatoes, eggs, meats, sauces, stocks and soups.
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Food included a liquid velvet onion soup, luscious lamb, dreamily soft dauphinoise potatoes and a perfectly regal passion fruit parfait.
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The sundae included mashed potatoes, shredded beef, gravy, a healthy topping of cheese and a cherry tomato on top.
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