'mater

English edit

Etymology edit

Shortening of a dialectal pronunciation of tomato (or the also-attested dialectal rendering termater) with intrusive rhotacism. Compare tater (“potato”).

Pronunciation edit

(US) IPA^(key): /ˈmeɪtɚ/
Rhymes: -eɪtə(ɹ)

Noun edit

'mater (plural 'maters)

(Southern US, Appalachia, informal) Tomato.
'mater sandwich

Alternative forms edit

mater

Anagrams edit

METAR, Marte, armet, metra, ramet, tamer, terma, trema, tréma