noun
tomato
tuh-MAY-toh/təˈmeɪtəʊ/
A fleshy edible fruit commonly treated as a vegetable.
The cut tomato reveals soft flesh and chambers filled with seeds.
Etymology
Nahuatl tomatl is said to mean literally 'the swelling fruit,' from a verb meaning 'to swell.' On that interpretation, the name evokes the fruit's fleshy fullness.
In context
if you wrap the tomatoes to trap the ethylene you'll get a better flavored fruit and so like some people if you're really gungho you could wrap up every individual tomato
More examples
- She slices a tomato for her sandwich.
- We simmer the tomatoes with garlic to make sauce.
- This salad needs a few cherry tomatoes.
Forms
tomato · tomatoes