'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

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