(informal) Normal, average, typical, unexceptional, or nondescript.

(US, informal) The essential part or parts of something. / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see meat, and, potatoes.

A utensil used to mash potatoes. / (military slang) A type of hand grenade resembling such a utensil.

A potato that has been baked for eating.

A baked potato.

A dance popular from 1962 through the mid-1960s.

(Scotland, England) A savoury flat cake made from flour and mashed potatoes, often fried or baked. / (Australia) A fried potato; a potato scallop.

plural of hot potato

mashed potato (food)

(mildly derogatory) a foolish person.