potato
/pəˈteɪtəʊ/noun
उच्चारण पटेटो
आलू
Basic word
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[C, U]
a round white vegetable with a brown or red skin that grows underground as the root of a plant also called a potato
आलू
- mashed potatoes
- Peel the potatoes before boiling them.
- My mother makes spicy potato curry for lunch.
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- Potatoes grow underground in cool soil.
¶Idioms 2
a hot potato
a problem or situation, especially a political one, that is difficult and unpleasant to deal with
विवादास्पद और पेचीदा मुद्दा जिसे कोई छूना न चाहे
- Reservation in promotions remains a political hot potato.
- The minister passed the hot potato to a committee.
small potatoes
(informal, especially North American English) something that is not important
मामूली बात, छोटी-मोटी चीज़
- Their losses are small potatoes compared with ours.
- That amount is small potatoes for a big company.
§Grammar and usage
The plural of potato is potatoes (with -es, like tomato/tomatoes, hero/heroes, echo/echoes, but photo/photos, piano/pianos).
यह बहुत पूछा जाता है: potato का plural potatoes है (-es के साथ, tomato/tomatoes, hero/heroes, echo/echoes की तरह, पर photo/photos, piano/pianos)।
“Collocations, idioms and sayings
Couch potato (a person who spends a lot of time sitting and watching TV), hot potato (a difficult subject that people disagree about), small potatoes (informal, unimportant).
Idioms: couch potato (बैठकर टीवी देखने में बहुत समय बिताने वाला), hot potato (कठिन विषय जिस पर लोग असहमत हों), small potatoes (अनौपचारिक, महत्वहीन)।
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General knowledge
Science: a potato is a modified underground stem called a tuber (not a root); Uttar Pradesh is India's largest potato producer.
विज्ञान में आलू tuber कहलाने वाला रूपांतरित भूमिगत तना है (जड़ नहीं); उत्तर प्रदेश भारत का सबसे बड़ा आलू उत्पादक है।