Dad stood at the sink, peeling potatoes (=taking the skins off them).
1 [countable, uncountable] a round white root with a brown, red, or pale yellow skin, cooked and eaten as a vegetable: mashed potatoes a baked potato Dad stood at the sink, peeling potatoes (=taking the skins off them).2[countable] a plant that produces potatoes [Origin: 1500–1600 Spanish batata, from Taino] → see alsohot potato, sweet potato