'mater

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

'mater (plural 'maters)

1. (Southern US, Appalachia, informal) Contraction of tomato.

   'mater sandwich

Alternative forms

• mater

Anagrams

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