spuds
Slang for potatoes
Spuds is an informal word for potatoes, used especially in casual conversation and home cooking contexts.
The term appears frequently in British and Irish English, where potatoes have long been a dietary staple.
I'm just going to boil up some spuds for dinner.
A single potato is a spud, though the plural form is more common in everyday speech.
Potatoes, colloquially
Placing seeds in earth
- harvestGathering mature crops
- eyesOrgans of sight
- seedlingsNewly germinated plants
- hillingMounding soil around plants
soil · tubers · nightshade · gardening · horticulture · propagation · tilling · fertilizer
Deep-fried potato strips
- hashbrownsShredded fried potatoes
- mashedCrushed to softness
- bakedCooked by dry heat
- roastDry-heat cooking method
chips · latkes · gnocchi · poutine · gratin · croquettes · pierogi · wedges
Reddish-brown color
- fingerlingsJuvenile fish for stocking
- redsCrimson-colored things collectively
- whitesPale-colored items collectively
- creamersCoffee-lightening additives
taters
Potatoes, colloquially
planting
Placing seeds in earth
hilling · soil · tubers · nightshade · gardening · horticulture · propagation · tilling · fertilizer · blight
fries
Deep-fried potato strips
- hashbrownsShredded fried potatoes
- mashedCrushed to softness
- bakedCooked by dry heat
roast · chips · latkes · gnocchi · poutine · gratin · croquettes · pierogi · wedges · skins
russet
Reddish-brown color
- fingerlingsJuvenile fish for stocking
- redsCrimson-colored things collectively
- whitesPale-colored items collectively
carbohydrates
Sugar-based energy compounds
- food slanggrub, chow, eats, nosh, munchies
- potatoesrusset, fingerling, red potato, white potato, purple potato