Dictionary Thesaurus Word Dynamo Quotes Reference Translator Spanish

tomato

[tuh-mey-toh, -mah-]

Example Sentences Origin

Heirloom Tomato Plants www.chileplants.com Hybrids too. 180 varieties. Shipped Nationwide.

Tomato Plants For Sale www.tomatoandpepperplants.com Shop Premium Tomato Plants for Your Garden - Free Shipping!

Tomato Definition Dictionary.com Find Definitions For Any Word.Get Your Free Dictionary.com Toolbar.

Ads

noun, plural -toes.

any of several plants belonging to the genus Lycopersicon, of the nightshade family, native to Mexico and Central and South America, especially the widely cultivated species L. lycopersicum, bearing a mildly acid, pulpy, usually red fruit eaten raw or cooked as a vegetable.

the fruit itself.

Older Slang: Sometimes Offensive. a girl or woman.

Origin:
1595–1605; 1915–20 for def. 3; earlier tomate < Spanish < Nahuatl tomatl

Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
Cite This Source

Link To tomato

:10

:09

:08

:07

:06

:05

:04

:03

:02

:01

Tomato is always a great word to know.

So is ort. Does it mean:

a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.

an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.

LEARN MORE UNUSUAL WORDS WITH WORD DYNAMO...

Example Sentences

Add the greens, herbs and diluted tomato paste, and bring to a simmer.

Pesto or sundried tomato tepenade keeps well and can be mixed into cold or warm pasta.

Tomato ketchup, fortuitously, turns out to be one of the main sources of this virtuous ingredient.

EXPAND

Add the greens, herbs and diluted tomato paste, and bring to a simmer.

Pesto or sundried tomato tepenade keeps well and can be mixed into cold or warm pasta.

Tomato ketchup, fortuitously, turns out to be one of the main sources of this virtuous ingredient.

Well-suited to the home garden, tomato plants tuck into small spaces, growing vertically on trellises.

Two mutations turned a tiny, wild fruit into the modern large, luscious tomato.

But with tomato season in full swing, the tomato variety might fit the bill for this season.

In that case, the virus can be mechanically transmitted to the tomato plants via my weeding.

Vigneron inflates thin sheets of cheese into delicate spheres that will be injected with tomato foam.

Stir in tomato paste, saffron if you are using it, and paprika and cook for a minute more.

The tomato itself has slid down, where it sits on the walkway.

Understanding, and then altering, the genes of a big pine tree is more complex than creating a better tomato.

For a clever window garden, set up a collection of empty tomato cans on a tray lined in gravel or pebbles.

The acids in tomato juice can degrade the drink's other ingredients.

Don't worry, that's not a giant bug on the first tomato of summer.

Here are the best heirloom tomatoes and the best heirloom tomato recipes.

On each tomato seed, tiny hairs called trichomes secrete the goo that encases them.

The tomato has been losing its clientele in recent years.

One of my other current favourites is the black cherry tomato.

Your ancestors knew a tomato was good because of the way it looked, felt and smelled.

The water in the tomato forms a clear layer in the middle, and the intensely flavorful oil floats above.

Dinner, served on the beach, features bread smeared in tomato and crowned with anchovies.

The best cluster tomato varieties and how to grow them.

As a tomato soup product, it's not a bad midday snack.

Ureña uses tomato water for his yogurt sorbet, tomato terrine and gazpacho.

Tomato plants are already getting out of control, and some carrots and beets are ready to harvest.

Dilute three tablespoons tomato puree with some of the stock and add to the bacon and shallots, stirring continuously.

Corn syrup is the third ingredient after water and tomato paste.

In the sunflower and tomato fields, tilted layered rock breaks the surface.

But it was the tomato greenhouse that got really scary.

Cut each tomato crosswise in half, and remove the seeds.

Late blight continues to devastate potato and tomato crops around the world.

Only when prostate cancer often strikes in middle age, tomato red lykopene seems to get back into the picture.

Since the introduction of the first genetically modified tomato a decade ago, bioengineering has been fraught with controversy.

Watermelon and tomato are two fruits that complement each another in an unusual way.

The cheesy tomato and beer sauce-drenched sandwich speaks for itself.

One may also reduce the amount of dry/smoked meat by adding a little bit of vinegar and some tomato sauce instead.

We tried the cheese and got a pizza with a sturdy, slightly sweet tomato sauce on a hand-stretched crust.

Add the tomato and onion and saute for five minutes.

Increase the heat to high and add the chicken broth and tomato sauce, then the pork and green onions.

Beef tongue in tomato sauce is one of the best things to eat ever, in my mind.

No sane person would serve a desert with a tomato would they.

Chances are it's been repurposed into tomato soup cans.

Theres nothing more appetizing in the fall that a good tomato.

Extra-ripe fruit first appeared in grocery stores in the mid-'90s in the form of a big juicy tomato.

There's little good evidence for that common belief that the leaves of tomato plants are poisonous.

And two cupfuls of tomato juice added to a warm bath helps dispel the odours of excess perspiration, especially in hot climates.

See how to stake a tomato to support your fast-growing vines.

For a great tomato dish, no need to peel, dice or slice.

Yellow fried plantains and/or avocado and tomato salad with salt, red vine vinegar, olive oil and freshly ground black pepper.

How to make a no-cook tomato sauce using freshly grown tomatoes and herbs.

Another suggests that stationary bicyclists could produce enough energy to support tomato gardens.

Semolina flour gives a grainy crunch to the crust of a beautifully layered tomato tart.

From spider silk in goat's milk to tomato genes in salmon, genetically modified animals are proliferating--in the lab.

How to harvest and save heirloom tomato seeds for planting next spring.

There is a famine in tomato plants, and this pride of the suburbanite's.

Everything bagel w/ veggies spread, open face with a slice of tomato and salt and pepper.

Check in daily for luscious tomato photos, juicy tomato recipes.

The deadline is approaching on this fresh tomato sauce recipe.

When the darkness came, the escapees crept out to unearth their supplies from the tomato patch.

Get garden-to-table tips for growing and caring for tomato plants, plus our favorite recipes come harvest time.

Spaghetti with tomato soup and cut up hot dogs sauce.

Slice a tomato in half, for instance, and you'll find carpels.

In one animal study, rats that were given tomato powder.

The combination of mango and tomato may seem surprising, but the pickling ingredients bring them together in an.

They're sweet, but a little bit tangy and excellent in salsa or tomato sandwiches.

Try the vegetarian crepe with spinach, sundried tomato and cream cheese.

One person's tomato may be another person's vegetable.

We came home and planted some tomato plants and blew bubbles from the deck.

They dug a platform for their tiny tent and are enjoying the last sunbeams inside, eating tomato soup.

Tomato plants are already getting out of control, and some carrots and.

Summer's bounty of eggplant, basil, and ripe tomato is perfectly highlighted in this simple recipe.

COLLAPSE

Collins

World English Dictionary

tomato (təˈmɑːtəʊ)

—n , pl -toes
1.	a solanaceous plant, Lycopersicon (or Lycopersicum) esculentum, of South America, widely cultivated for its red fleshy many-seeded edible fruits
2.	the fruit of this plant, which has slightly acid-tasting flesh and is eaten in salads, as a vegetable, etc
3.	slang (US), (Canadian) a girl or woman

[C17 tomate, from Spanish, from Nahuatl tomatl]

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source

Etymonline

Word Origin & History

tomato

1753, earlier tomate (1604), from Sp. tomate (1554) from Nahuatl tomatl "a tomato," lit. "the swelling fruit," from tomana "to swell." Spelling probably influenced by potato (1565). A member of the nightshade family, which all contain poisonous alkaloids. Introduced in Europe from the New World, by 1550

EXPAND

they were regularly consumed in Italy but only grown as ornamental plants in England and not eaten there or in the U.S. at first. An encyclopedia of 1753 describes it as "a fruit eaten either stewed or raw by the Spaniards and Italians and by the Jew families of England." Introduced in U.S. as part of a program by Sec. of State Thomas Jefferson (1789), but not commonly eaten until after c.1830. Alternative name love apple and alleged aphrodisiac qualities have not been satisfactorily explained; perhaps from It. name pomodoro, taken as from adorare "to adore," but probably actually from d'or "of gold" (in reference to color) or de Moro "of the Moors." Slang meaning "an attractive girl" is recorded from 1929.

COLLAPSE

Slang Dictionary

tomato definition

n.
an attractive girlor woman. : A good-looking tomato brought me my change.

Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
Cite This Source

Word Dynamo By Dictionary.com

Searching for tomato?
How many words do you actually know?

FIND OUT

tomato hornworm tommyto aspic bacalao berry Bloody Caesar

Image for tomato

Matching Quote

"Well, I couldn't go to bed with you like I do with her, and grab a tomato sandwich and run out and catch the 72 bus."

-Margaret Forster

Partners:Word Bloglines Citysearch The Daily Beast Ask Answers Ask Kids Life123 Sendori Thesaurus

About Privacy Policy Terms of Use API Careers Advertise with Us Contact Us Help

tomato

to·ma·to

tomato definition