green bean
noun
the immature green pod of the kidney bean, eaten as a vegetable.
green beans
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pluralof green bean.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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In the company’s kitchens, workers returned to traditional kettle cooking for sides like green beans and stopped freezing its biscuits in batches.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
Across the city in a suburb of Beirut, kitchen shelves were stacked with sauces and tins crowded the walls as volunteers prepared green beans and fried rice balls.
From Barron's ● May 25, 2026
Each week, during the British winter, it supplies two million bunches of spring onions, 100 tonnes of green beans and 80 tonnes of radishes.
From BBC ● Feb. 18, 2026
The diner with stewy green beans flecked with bacon, sliding up next to a square of cornbread.
From Salon ● Feb. 18, 2026
“Look at those,” he said, pointing at green beans that were well over a foot long.
From "Small Steps" by Louis Sachar
