tomato

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Use tomato in a sentence

Three ripe tomatoes.

noun

The definition of a tomato is a typically red fruit with juicy insides, used as a vegetable.

An example of a tomato is the main ingredient for marinara sauce.

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tomato

noun

pl. -·toes

a red or yellowish fruit with a juicy pulp, used as a vegetable: botanically it is a berry
the annual plant (Lycopersicon esculentum) of the nightshade family, on which this berry grows
Slang an attractive young woman

Origin of tomato

Spanish tomate from Nahuatl toma?

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tomato

noun

pl. to·ma·toes

A widely cultivated plant (Solanum lycopersicum syn. Lycopersicon esculentum) in the nightshade family, having edible, fleshy, usually red fruit. The tomato is native to and was first domesticated in northern South America.
The fruit of this plant.

Origin of tomato

Alteration of Spanish tomate from Nahuatl tomatl fleshy globose fruit, tomatillo, tomato

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to·ma′to·ey
adjective

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Noun

(plural tomatoes or tomatos)

A widely cultivated plant, Solanum lycopersicum, having edible fruit
The savory fruit of this plant, red when ripe, treated as a vegetable in horticulture
A shade of red, the colour of a ripe tomato.
(slang) A desirable-looking woman.
Lookit the legs on that hot tomato!
(slang) A stupid act or person.

Verb

(third-person singular simple present tomatos, present participle tomatoing, simple past and past participle tomatoed)

to pelt with tomatoes
to add tomatoes to (a dish)

Origin

From Spanish tomate, from Classical Nahuatl tomatl, xÄ«tomatl.

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tomato - Computer Definition

A Linux-based operating system for wireless routers that employ a Broadcom chipset. Derived from the HyperWRT operating system, Tomato offers a firmware upgrade for users who want a usage monitor, more advanced QoS settings and other features not available in the standard router. For more information, visit www.polarcloud.com/tomato. See HyperWRT, OpenWRT and DD-WRT.

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