tomato

A1 Topic:Food & Drink

US /təˈmeɪ.toʊ/ UK /təˈmɑː.təʊ/ See IPA manual

Freq #6601

Meanings

1

noun
A soft, round red fruit eaten raw or cooked, used as a vegetable.

He was chopping a tomato to put in the salad.
2

noun
The plant that produces this fruit.

She grows tomatoes in pots on the balcony.

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Synonyms

1 noun · a soft, round red fruit... love apple

Word family

Forms tomatoes

Derived forms clamatopomatopotomatosacratomatotomaccotomatinetomatinitomato-philetomato-ytomatoeytomatolesstomatolike

Related forms tomatillo

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Phrases (1)

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tomato concentrate
tomato pulp thickened by removing much of its water

Noun + noun

Etymology

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

tomate Spanish tomatl nci

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Food & Drink

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# tomato

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /təˈmeɪ.toʊ/
**IPA (UK):** /təˈmɑː.təʊ/
**Frequency rank:** 6601

## Meanings
1. A soft, round red fruit eaten raw or cooked, used as a vegetable.
2. The plant that produces this fruit.

## Examples
- He was chopping a tomato to put in the salad.
- She grows tomatoes in pots on the balcony.

## Derived Forms
- clamato
- pomato
- potomato
- sacratomato
- tomacco
- tomatine
- tomatini
- tomato-phile
- tomato-y
- tomatoey
- tomatoless
- tomatolike

## Related Forms
- tomatillo

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: tomate
- Root: tomatl

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

## AI Etymology
Tomato is a variant of earlier tomate, from Spanish tomate, from Classical Nahuatl tomatl, from Proto-Nahuan *toma-tl. Compare tomatillo. The historical line also includes Spanish tomate, nci tomatl. In present-day use, it can mean a soft, round red fruit eaten raw or cooked, used as a vegetable, or the plant that produces this fruit. Derived formations include clamato, pomato, potomato, sacratomato, tomacco, tomatine, tomatini, tomato-phile.

## Topics
- Food & Drink

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