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pomodoro en · NOUN

Etymology

From Italian pomodoro (“tomato”). The time interval comes from the Pomodoro kitchen timer, which is in the shape of a tomato.

Meanings

1. (countable, rare) A variety of pear-shaped tomato from Italy; San Marzano tomato.
   • Then she saw her first can of pomodoros, pear-shaped tomatoes grown and packed in Italy. She took a can home, and she was sure that pomodoros had more tang than our native tomatoes. 1956, Pulpit Digest - Volume 36, page 13:
   • Ingredients: Garlic cloves, crushed 2 or 3/White bread, broken in pieces 6 slices/Water 2 cups/Spanish olive oil 1 cup/Salt 1 tbsp./Tomatoes, fresh ripe, peeled and chopped 5 lbs./ or pomodoro tomatoes, sieved 2 qts./Onions, chopped 3/4 cup/Ice-cold water 1 1/2 cup /Pimiento or green pepper 1/4 cup/Wine vinegar 5 tbsp./ Salt and pepper to taste 1964, Volume Feeding Institutions - Volume 54, page 89:
   • A trip through Italian hinterlands will take you past fields of pomodoro tomatoes, clusters of olive trees and past the famed black truffle hidden away in the forests. 2019 April 26, Suruchi Kapur Gomes, “'Bene' there, done that the Italian way”, in Deccan Chronicle:
2. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, uncountable) Ellipsis of pomodoro sauce.
   alt of pomodoro sauce
   • Entrees include pizza with roasted vegetables; pizza margherita with tomato, fresh basil, and mozzarella; pizza with prosciutto, peppers, and onions; risotto of the day; rigatoni with pomodoro and Parmesan; radiatore puttanesca with capers, olives, anchovies, and garlic; fresh-spinach spaghetti primavera with garden vegetables, garlic, and oil; spaghetti Bolognese. 1994, New York - Volume 27, Issues 10-13, page 77:
   • Spread some pomodoro over the ricotta. 1995, Pizza Today, volume 13, page 69:
   • Pastas, with soup & homemade bread — spaghetti with fresh garlic & olive oil $8.95, with pomodoro $8.95, with meatballs or Sicilian sausage $9.95, with prosciutto & olives $10.95, cannelloni $9.95, lasagna Siciliana $9.95, with fresh clams in a white wine sauce $10.95. 1995, Louis E. Madison, San Francisco on a shoestring, page 125:
3. (countable, uncountable) A 25-minute time interval spent working (followed by a five-minute break), used as part of the Pomodoro time management system.
   • Break the task down into 25-minute dashes (pomodoros). How many pomodoros do you think you'll need to complete the activity? 2014, Graham Allcott, A Practical Guide to Productivity:
   • Each cycle of 25+ 5 minutes is defined as a 'pomodoro', and the idea of 'doing pomodoros' – usually in sets of four – has become standard practice among many programmers. It has also become a technique used outside of computing circles: a practice that's emblematic of the influence of the hacking mentality on life as a whole. 2013, Tom Chatfield, Netymology: From Apps to Zombies:
   • If each pair works on 10 pomodoros per day, the total team capacity is 30 pomodoros per day. 2010, Darja Šmite, Nils Brede Moe, Pär J. Ågerfalk, Agility Across Time and Space:

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