From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishtaterta‧ter /ˈteɪtə $ -ər/ noun [countable] informalDF a potato
Examples from the Corpus
tater• There is something about taters, something deeply satisfying, even in the peeling of them.• One day soon when she has a garden again, she will plant taters of her own, whole rows of them.• She sighs, but peeling the taters is having its usual calming effect.Origin tater (1700-1800) potato 