'mater
Meanings
noun
- Contraction of tomato.
Pronunciation
Word forms
Etymology
Clipping of a dialectal pronunciation of tomato such as tomater (or the also-attested dialectal rendering termater) with intrusive rhotacism. Compare tater (“potato”) and 'naner (“banana”).
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