green bean


noun
  1. the immature green pod of the kidney bean, eaten as a vegetable.

Origin of green bean

1
An Americanism dating back to 1940–45

Words Nearby green bean

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How to use green bean in a sentence

  • A French green bean salad with warm goat cheese reminds Ina Garten of having lunch in Paris.

  • In a medium bowl lightly blend leftover green bean casserole with milk, stock and turkey.

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  • Also, the structure of the roasted bean renders it more readily penetrable by solvents than does that of the green bean.

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  • These substances are not present in the green bean, but are produced during the process of roasting.

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  • Coffee roasters figure, however, that the average loss is sixteen percent of the weight of the green bean.

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  • Add some ham, onion, celery, green bean sprouts and mushrooms cut fine.

  • The Bogota green bean ranges from a blue-green bean to a fancy yellow.

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British Dictionary definitions for green bean

green bean

noun
  1. any bean plant, such as the French bean, having narrow green edible pods when unripe

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