bean

Speech parts

1. bean - Noun

2. bean - Verb

3. Bean - Proper noun

Meaning

A name given to the seed of certain leguminous herbs, chiefly of the genera Faba, Phaseolus, and Dolichos; also, to the herbs.

The popular name of other vegetable seeds or fruits, more or less resembling true beans.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

noggin dome attic noodle bonce edible bean bean plant jacob passover berry ivy boll lima nard belfry

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Hypernyms

hit seed legume human head leguminous plant

Hyponyms

mung soy carob soya moong soybean

Phrases with the word

human bean soya bean oil sweet bean mung bean sprout wild bean faba bean

Anagrams

bane Bena nabe

Examples

When we sell a kilo of bean coffee in Uganda, we get one dollar per kilo, ... The same kilo, when it is processed and sold in Britain, goes for 10, 11 or even more a kilo. That is the same situation price disparity that goes for all raw materials. Yoweri Museveni

There is something silly about grown men and women striving to reduce their vision of themselves and of civilization to bean counting. John Ralston Saul

Politics is not bean bags. It's serious, tough stuff. Colin Powell

The worm that gnaws on the bean is the one inside the bean. African Congo Proverb

Every bean hath its black. English Proverb

A bean in liberty is better than a comfit in prison. Romanian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

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