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  • 11bean|bag — «BEEN BAG», noun. 1. a small bag partly filled with dried beans, used to toss in play. 2. Also, beanbag chair. a chair filled with pellets which takes the shape of the person sitting in it …

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  • 12bean — beanlike, adj. /been/, n. 1. the edible nutritious seed of various plants of the legume family, esp. of the genus Phaseolus. 2. a plant producing such seeds. 3. the pod of such a plant, esp. when immature and eaten as a vegetable. 4. any of… …

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  • 13Bean — /been/, n. 1. Alan L(aVern), born 1932, U.S. astronaut. 2. Roy ( Judge ), 1825? 1903, U.S. frontiersman and justice of the peace: called himself the law west of the Pecos. * * * Seed or pod of certain leguminous plants (see legume). The mature… …

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  • 14bean — noun 1 vegetable ADJECTIVE ▪ broad (esp. BrE), butter (esp. BrE), chilli (BrE), fava (AmE), French (BrE), garbanzo (AmE), green, haricot (BrE) …

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  • 15bean — /bin / (say been) noun 1. the edible fruit or seed of various species of the family Fabaceae especially of the genus Phaseolus used either fresh or dried. 2. a plant producing such seeds. 3. any of various other bean like seeds or plants, as the… …

  • 16bean — [[t]bi͟ːn[/t]] ♦♦♦ beans 1) N COUNT: usu pl, usu adj N Beans such as green beans, french beans, or broad beans are the seeds of a climbing plant or the long thin cases which contain those seeds. 2) N COUNT: usu pl, usu n N Beans such as soya… …

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  • 17dried — adj. Dried is used with these nouns: ↑bean, ↑beef, ↑blood, ↑chilli, ↑fish, ↑flower, ↑fruit, ↑herb, ↑meat, ↑milk, ↑mud, ↑mushroom, ↑ …

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  • 18bean flour — noun : a ground meal made of dried ripe beans …

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  • 19bean·bag — /ˈbiːnˌbæg/ noun, pl bags [count] 1 : a small cloth bag that is filled with dried beans or small pieces of another material and used as a toy 2 : a large bag that is filled with small round pieces of material and used as a soft chair a beanbag… …

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  • 20Florida bean — Bean Bean (b[=e]n), n. [OE. bene, AS. be[ a]n; akin to D. boon, G. bohne, OHG. p[=o]na, Icel. baun, Dan. b[ o]nne, Sw. b[ o]na, and perh. to Russ. bob, L. faba.] 1. (Bot.) A name given to the seed of certain leguminous herbs, chiefly of the… …

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