tomato
/təˈmɑː.təʊ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.85 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
3
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "He was chopping a tomato to put in the salad."
- "He was eating a tomato when his boss called him."
- "In common parlance tomatoes are vegetables, as the Supreme Court observed long ago [see Nix v. Hedden 149 U.S. 304, 307, 13 S.Ct. 881, 882, 37 L.Ed. 745 (1893)], although botanically speaking they are actually a fruit. [26 Encyclopedia Americana 832 (Int'l. ed. 1981)]. Regardless of classification, people have been enjoying tomatoes for centuries; even Mr. Pickwick, as Dickens relates, ate his chops in "tomata" sauce."
- "Deborah Harry, the New Wave goddess, is finally admitting -- after all the peroxide and posturing of the 1970's and 80's -- that she's really just a tomato (her word) from Paterson […]."
- "When she left the room, I asked Robert, “Who's the tomato?” “Marisa. She's from Mexico.” He had a telltale smile on his face."
- "2015 19 Old-Fashioned Compliments We Should Bring Back That shirt makes you look like such a glorious tomato."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /təˈmɑː.təʊ/
- British English: /təˈmɑː.təʊ/
Usage
Inflected Forms
tomatoes (plural)
tomatoe (alternative, obsolete)
tomater (alternative, pronunciation spelling)
'mater (alternative, Appalachia)
more tomato (comparative)
most tomato (superlative)
tomatos (present, singular)
tomatoing (participle, present)
tomatoed (participle, past)
tomatoed (past)