Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: bean
IPA transcription: [b'in]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: bean, edible_bean
    Meaning: any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae used for food
verb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: bean
    Meaning: hit on the head, especially with a pitched baseball
Usage examples
  • "Why, Jimmy Bean, what do you mean?" cried Pollyanna.
  • Mocha coffee has a smaller and rounder bean than any other, and likewise a more agreeable smell and taste.
  • Get a chemist to rub down a medium-size croton bean with about 40 grains of sugar of milk, and divide into four powders.
  • Add also a small chopped onion, two shallots, twice the quantity of mushrooms, and a bean of garlic, all minced and fried in butter.
  • Having placed the blank in the angle, lay on it a piece of yellow wax about the size of a bean, and heat it over your lamp until the wax takes fire and burns.