bean

[US]/biːn/
[UK]/biːn/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n.a type of seed that is produced by certain plants, used for food
a raised part on the skin of some animals, such as a bird's beak
something of little value
vt.to hit someone on the head

Phrases & Collocations

bean curd

red bean

soya bean

bean paste

broad bean

mung bean

coffee bean

green bean

bean milk

soy bean

kidney bean

bean oil

full of beans

black bean

spill the beans

bean cake

fermented bean curd

vanilla bean

adzuki bean

bean sprout

Example Sentences

there is not a single bean of substance in the report.

they had beans on toast.

mash the beans to a paste.

a filling spicy bean soup.

Jimmy hadn't a bean to his name.

a lot of beans are ready all at once.

soak the beans overnight in water.

jelly baby (= jelly bean)

I haven't heard beans of it.

a briar patch; a bean patch.

trampled the beans underfoot.

Peas and beans grow in pods.

Cook the beans with a piece of salt pork.

If bean curd is remissly made dilute, try to sell bean curd flower.

If bean curd is remissly made hard, try to sell dried bean curd.

a mess of mashed black beans and rice.

runner beans twined round canes.

blended mocha and java coffee beans;

Real-world Examples

Hagrid, it transpired, was picking runner beans in his back garden.

Source: 5. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Interrogated separately and asked to spill the beans on the other.

Source: CNN 10 Student English November 2018 Collection

OK, enough of these riddles! Would you guys spill the beans?

Source: Kung Fu Panda 2

" Benny-boy, do you want black beans or red beans? "

Source: VOA Special March 2020 Collection

The aroma of roasting coffee beans.

Source: Ez Talk American English Conversation Guide

You can choose red bean, custard, and Nutella.

Source: Idol speaks English fluently.

Yes, it took some beans to make it.

Source: CNN 10 Student English November 2019 Collection

She threw the beans into the garden.

Source: American Elementary English 2

The cast won't spill the beans on details just yet.

Source: People Magazine

Which produces the beans used to make chocolate.

Source: Science 60 Seconds - Scientific American June 2019 Compilation

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