bean
- noun
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A seed that people cook and eat, or the long green case it grows in.
We had rice and black beans for dinner last night.
She soaked the dried beans overnight before cooking them.
Green beans grow fast if you water them every day.
Common collocations: green beans · baked beans · kidney beans · broad beans · a tin of beans · soak the beans
Part of: Vegetables, The garden, Cooking
Forms
- plural
- beans