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potato
verbs
peel potatoes
(= cut the skin off them )
• Peel and slice the potatoes.
slice potatoes
(= cut them into long thin pieces )
dice potatoes
(= cut them into small square pieces )
mash potatoes
(= crush them until they are smooth, after boiling them )
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + potato
boiled potatoes
• Serve with plain boiled potatoes.
roast potatoes
(= cooked in an oven with fat )
• traditional roast beef with roast potatoes
a baked/jacket potato
(= cooked in its skin )
• We cooked baked potatoes in the embers of the fire.
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noun ADJ. baking, new | sweet | seed | baked, boiled, chipped, creamed, fried, jacket, mashed, roast, saute jacket potatoes with sour cream and chives QUANT. sack VERB + POTATO eat, have | peel, scrape | chop, mash, slice | bake, boil, cook, fry, roast, saute potatoes baked in their jackets POTATO + NOUN chip, crisp, puree, salad | peel, skin | peeler | crop, harvestFOOD
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