baked beans

plural noun

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

baked beans

plural noun

1. haricot beans, baked and tinned in tomato sauce

Word History and Origins

Origin of baked beans¹

First recorded in 1825–35

Example Sentences

After nearly eight months of "oily and salty" prison food, Barbie told the Sunday Times she would like to have some salad and marmite, while Peter was hankering for baked beans.

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The menu: corn soup, beet salad, baked beans, unfermented grape juice, and sliced “protose” with lemon.

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Before games, throughout the day, he started drinking three cans of Red Bull and a double espresso and eating a cheese and ham omelette with baked beans.

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"His treat was baked beans on toast," says Geoffrey.

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If supermarkets reduced the price of long-life items like baked beans, shoppers might be tempted to buy their year's supply in December, he says.

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