NOUN | food | bean, edible bean | any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae used for food |
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plant | bean | any of various seeds or fruits that are beans or resemble beans | |
plant | bean, bean plant | any of various leguminous plants grown for their edible seeds and pods | |
body | bean, attic, bonce, noodle, noggin, dome | informal terms for a human head | |
VERB | contact | bean | hit on the head, especially with a pitched baseball |
Sounds | biy'n | |
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Rhymes | Aberdeen ... wolverine / Wolverine: 192 rhymes with iyn... |
Meaning | Any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae used for food. | |
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Synonym | edible bean | |
Part of | bean, bean plant | Any of various leguminous plants grown for their edible seeds and pods |
Narrower | common bean | Any of numerous beans eaten either fresh or dried |
goa bean | Old World tropical bean | |
mung bean, mung, green bean, green gram, golden gram, moong, mash bean, munggo, monggo, green soy | Seed of the mung bean plant used for food | |
soy, soybean, soya, soya bean | The most highly proteinaceous vegetable known | |
Broader | legume | The seedpod of a leguminous plant (such as peas or beans or lentils) |
Spanish | alubia, faba, frijól, haba, habichuela, judía, pocha | |
Catalan | fava, fesol, mongeta |
Meaning | Any of various seeds or fruits that are beans or resemble beans. | |
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Narrower | algarroba, algarrobilla, algarobilla | mesquite pod used in tanning and dyeing |
broad bean, fava bean, horsebean | seed of the broad-bean plant | |
calabar bean, ordeal bean | dark brown highly poisonous seed of the calabar-bean vine | |
carob, carob bean, algarroba bean, algarroba, locust bean, locust pod | long pod containing small beans and sweetish edible pulp | |
divi-divi | Twisted seed pods of the divi-divi tree | |
mung, mung bean, green gram, golden gram, moong, mash bean, munggo, monggo, green soy, green bean | Seed of the mung bean plant | |
soy, soybean, soya bean | A source of oil | |
tonka bean, coumara nut | fragrant black nutlike seeds of the tonka bean tree | |
Broader | seed | A small hard fruit |
Meaning | Any of various leguminous plants grown for their edible seeds and pods. | |
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Synonym | bean plant | |
Member of | Leguminosae, family Leguminosae, Fabaceae, family Fabaceae, legume family, pea family | A large family of trees, shrubs, vines, and herbs bearing bean pods |
Parts | bean, edible bean | Any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae used for food |
Narrower | bush bean | A bean plant whose bushy growth needs no supports |
pole bean | A climbing bean plant that will climb a wall or tree or trellis | |
shell bean, shell bean plant | A bean plant grown primarily for its edible seed rather than its pod | |
Broader | legume, leguminous plant | An erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae |
Meaning | informal terms for a human head. | |
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Synonyms | attic, bonce, noodle, noggin, dome | |
Broader | human head | The head of a human being |
Spanish | bonce, coco, melón, tarro | |
Catalan | clepsa, coco | |
Verbs | bean | hit on the head, especially with a pitched baseball |
Meaning | hit on the head, especially with a pitched baseball. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
Broader | hit | Deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument |
Nouns | bean | informal terms for a human head |
beaner | a baseball deliberately thrown at the batter's head |
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