Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun tater
1 sense of tater
Sense 1
potato, white potato, Irish potato, murphy, spud, tater -- (an edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland)
=> root vegetable -- (any of various fleshy edible underground roots or tubers)
=> starches -- (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 Lycopersicon)