tomato
US /təˈmeɪˌtoʊ/
noun Target · B2 Ăn uống
Definition
mildly acid red or yellow pulpy fruit eaten as a vegetable
Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.
Examples
The salad is made with fresh tomato and cucumber.
Collocations
- Easy ripe tomatodescribing ripe tomato (fully developed or matured and ready to be eaten or used)
- Medium canned tomatoesto canned tomatoes, meaning to preserve in a can or tin
- Hard sundried tomato pastedescribing sundried tomato paste (dried naturally by the sun)
- Very Hard throw rotten tomatoes at criticsto throw rotten tomatoes at critics, meaning to propel through the air
Learner's English edition · Curated definitions for TOEIC learners.