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Beans Biːn Noun Green Runner Baked Toast Can/Tin

Word3 bean
WordType (noun)
Phonetic /biːn/ /biːn/
Example
  • green beans
  • runner beans
  • beans (= baked beans) on toast
  • a can/tin of beans
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bean

(noun)/biːn/ /biːn/
  1. a seed, or pod containing seeds, of a climbing plant, eaten as a vegetable. There are several types of bean and the plants that they grow on are also called beans.
    • SEE ALSO snap bean
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/snap-bean
    • green beans
    • runner beans
    • beans (= baked beans) on toast
    • a can/tin of beans
    • She grows her own broad beans.
  2. a seed from a coffee plant, or some other plants
    • SEE ALSO jelly bean
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/jelly-bean
    • cocoa/coffee beans
  3. having a lot of energy
  4. something that is not worth much
  5. to have no money
  6. to know nothing about a subject
    • I don’t know beans about making movies.
  7. to tell somebody something that should be kept secret or private
  8. Word Origin

    • Old English bēan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch boon and German Bohne.
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