baked beans


plural noun
  1. small white dried beans that have been baked, usually with salt pork, brown sugar or molasses, and seasonings.

Origin of baked beans

1
First recorded in 1825–35

Words Nearby baked beans

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How to use baked beans in a sentence

  • In accordance with the time-honored New England custom, on Sunday morning we had our “baked beans.”

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  • I forgot to put beans to soak last night, and I am determined to have baked beans for tomorrow night's supper.

  • The officers were in despair until one old Moro came across some cans of baked beans among the rations.

  • "Fred simply adores baked beans," Dolly murmured, parenthetically, hanging on her sister's words.

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  • He made a pot of coffee and warmed half a can of baked beans over his little gas stove.

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British Dictionary definitions for baked beans

baked beans

pl n
  1. haricot beans, baked and tinned in tomato sauce

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