'mater
English
Etymology
Shortening of a dialectal pronunciation of tomato (or the also-attested dialectal rendering termater) with intrusive rhotacism. Compare tater (“potato”).
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈmeɪtɚ/
- Rhymes: -eɪtə(ɹ)
Noun
'mater (plural 'maters)
- (Southern US, Appalachia, informal) Tomato.
- 'mater sandwich
Alternative forms
- mater
Anagrams
- METAR, armet, metra, ramet, tamer, terma, trema, tréma