green bean

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noun

the immature green pod of the kidney bean, eaten as a vegetable.

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Also called string bean, stringless bean.

Origin of green bean

An Americanism dating back to 1940–45

Words nearby green bean

Greenback party, green bag, green ban, green bass, Green Bay, green bean, greenbelt, Green Beret, Greenberg, greenboard, greenbone

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How to use green bean in a sentence

After removing the eggs, add the green beans to the pot, and cook until bright green and tender, about 10 minutes.
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Add the drained soba noodles and peanut sauce to the green beans and toss to combine.
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Springy little shrimp, shredded green papaya, peanuts and green beans tossed in a spicy lime dressing sent the tongue on a roller-coaster ride.
Sisters Thai in Potomac reminds us that food isn’t everything|Tom Sietsema|April 23, 2021|Washington Post
She uses a dedicated garlic press to squeeze through green beans and carrots, and Baby Henry can eat them!
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I chose braised beef with polenta and green beans, green salad, a dinner roll, a chocolate brownie for dessert, and a soda.
Aboard Amtrak’s Crescent, surprising comfort and welcome seclusion on a slow train to Mississippi|Scott Butterworth|January 1, 2021|Washington Post
I really wanted Trenchmouth to succeed and at the time wished we were as big as Green Day.
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It’s cool because Trenchmouth opened for Green Day in the early ‘90s in Wisconsin.
Coffee Talk with Fred Armisen: On ‘Portlandia,’ Meeting Obama, and Taylor Swift’s Greatness|Marlow Stern|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
I just did one [Geezer] with Billie Joe Armstrong from Green Day.
Coffee Talk with Fred Armisen: On ‘Portlandia,’ Meeting Obama, and Taylor Swift’s Greatness|Marlow Stern|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
It took me 1,015 strokes to see this shade of green in a world of orange, and my jaw nearly dropped.
Lost For Thousands of Strokes: 'Desert Golfing' Is 'Angry Birds' as Modern Art|Alec Kubas-Meyer|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST
At the highest navigable point of the Congo River, thick jungle creates an impenetrable wall of green around a large island.
The Congo's Forgotten Colonial Getaway|Nina Strochlic|December 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
With the dispersal of the spores the cone shrivels up, and then the stems starts to send out green branches.
How to Know the Ferns|S. Leonard Bastin
The plant as a whole remains green until late in the autumn.
How to Know the Ferns|S. Leonard Bastin
A few, very few, little dots had run back over that green patch—the others had passed down into the world of darkness.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton
I could see only the stretch of green before me, and I felt as if I must walk on forever, without coming to the end of it.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin
It was a spring day, and the fat buds of the chestnuts were bursting into magnificent green plumes.
Children's Ways|James Sully

British Dictionary definitions for green bean

green bean

noun

any bean plant, such as the French bean, having narrow green edible pods when unripe

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