Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
tomato plant:
fruit:
Русский
By meaning 2
tomato plant:
fruit:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
tomato plant:
fruit:

Examples

371 sentences

  1. She grows tomatoes in her garden.

    Вона вирощує помідори на своєму городі. — deniko

    ruОна выращивает помидоры в своём огороде. — odexed

    deSie züchtet Tomaten in ihrem Garten. — samueldora

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  2. Tom grows tomatoes in his garden.

    Том вирощує помідори у себе на городі. — deniko

    ruТом выращивает помидоры в своём саду. — odexed

    deTom baut in seinem Garten Tomaten an. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  3. I don't like the taste of tomatoes.

    Я не люблю смак помідорів. — deniko

    ruМне не нравится вкус помидоров. — andy

    deIch mag den Geschmack von Tomaten nicht. — Serienchiller

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Meaning

5 senses

  1. (countable, uncountable)A widely cultivated plant, Solanum lycopersicum, having edible fruit.

    Tomate, Tomatenpflanze, Tomate

    помидо́рpomidór, помидо́рpomidór, тома́тtomát

    тома́тtomát, помідо́рpomidór, тома́тtomát

  2. (countable, uncountable)The savory fruit of this plant, most often red when ripe, treated as a vegetable in horticulture and cooking.

    He was chopping a tomato to put in the salad.

    He was eating a tomato when his boss called him.

  3. (countable, uncountable)A shade of red, the colour typical of a ripe tomato.

More meanings 2

  1. (countable, slang, uncountable)An attractive woman.

    2015 19 Old-Fashioned Compliments We Should Bring Back That shirt makes you look like such a glorious tomato.

  2. (countable, slang, uncountable)A stupid act or person.

More definitions
  • mildly acid red or yellow pulpy fruit eaten as a vegetable
  • native to South America; widely cultivated in many varieties

Origin

Variant of earlier tomate, from Spanish tomate, from Classical Nahuatl tomatl, from Proto-

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

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Forms

plural: tomatoes
Singulartomato
Pluraltomatoes

irregular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
The savory fruit of this plant, most often red when…:golden applelove applewolf's peach
Close in meaning
  • native to South America; widely cultivated in many varieties:love appletomato plantLycopersicon esculentum

Word family

56 related words
Relatedtomatillo
Derivedbeefsteak tomatobeef tomatobitter tomatobush tomatocherry tomatoclamatococktail tomatocurrant tomatodesert tomatogrape tomatoheritage tomatohusk tomatomock tomatopear tomatoplum tomatopomatoporcupine tomatopotomatosea tomatostrawberry tomatoteardrop tomatotomaccotomatinetomatini

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

Collocations

5 patterns
  • sliced the tomato
  • grows tomatoes
  • grows tomatoes in
  • like tomatoes
  • didn't like tomatoes

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
tomtomatomahawktombB2tomboytombstone

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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