tater

noun

ta·​ter ˈtā-tər How to pronounce tater (audio)
1
dialect : potato
2

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The dish, consisting of tater tots with salmon belly that was cured in-house, required too much time and too many ingredients. Miguel Otárola, Denver Post, 24 Oct. 2025 Start by blending the potatoes on medium to combine the mix-ins with the tender taters. Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Oct. 2025 The cafeteria floors — still sticky from a thousand juice box spills and the great tater-tot avalanche of last Tuesday — get a scrub worthy of a surgical ward. Mark Glende, Twin Cities, 15 Oct. 2025 Among the comfort foods are brats, tater tots and mac-and-cheese dishes. Jim Riccioli, jsonline.com, 18 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for tater

Word History

Etymology

by shortening & alteration

First Known Use

1759, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of tater was in 1759

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“Tater.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tater. Accessed 1 Nov. 2025.

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