How to Use "Potato" with Example Sentences

potato (n): a vegetable with brown, yellow, or red skin that grows in the ground

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Used with nouns:

"I brought potato salad to the picnic."
(salad, chips, pancakes, skins, wedges)

"I put everything into a potato sack."
(sack)

"I need a new potato peeler."
(peeler)

Used with adjectives:

"We are having mashed potatoes for dinner."
(mashed, baked, sweet, scalloped)

Used with verbs:

"Do you eat potatoes?"
(eat, have)

"I have to peel twenty potatoes."
(peel, mash, slice, chop)

"Do you bake your potatoes?"
(bake, boil, fry, roast)

"How do you cook your potatoes?"
(cook)