tater

ta·ter

T0057600 (tā′tər)n. Upper Southern US Variant of potato.

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[Shortening and alteration of potato.]Our Living Language Since English is a language that stresses some syllables and not others, weakly stressed syllables, especially those preceding strong stresses, are dropped at times. This process, called aphesis when it occurs at the beginning of a word, is more common in regional American dialects than in the more conservative Standard English, which tends to retain in pronunciation anything reflected in spelling. Although many American dialects feature aphesis, it is most famous in the dialects of the South, where it yields pronunciations such as count of for (on) account of, possum for opossum, tater for potato, and skeeter for mosquito. See Note at holler²

tater

(ˈteɪtə) n (Plants) a dialect word for potato

ta•ter

(ˈteɪ tər)

n. Dial. potato. [1750–60]

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tater - an edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of IrelandIrish potato, murphy, potato, spud, white potatostarches - foodstuff rich in natural starch (especially potatoes, rice, bread)solanaceous vegetable - any of several fruits of plants of the family Solanaceae; especially of the genera Solanum, Capsicum, and Lycopersiconroot vegetable - any of various fleshy edible underground roots or tubersbaked potato - potato that has been cooked by baking it in an ovenchips, french fries, french-fried potatoes, fries - strips of potato fried in deep fathome fries, home-fried potatoes - sliced pieces of potato fried in a pan until brown and crispjacket - the outer skin of a potatomashed potato - potato that has been peeled and boiled and then mashedUruguay potato - similar to the common potatoSolanum tuberosum, white potato, white potato vine, potato - annual native to South America having underground stolons bearing edible starchy tubers; widely cultivated as a garden vegetable; vines are poisonous