beet
/biːt/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.05 in modern English
6
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Beta vulgaris, a plant with a swollen root which is eaten or used to make sugar.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
A beetroot; a swollen root of such a plant used as a culinary vegetable.
Canadian usage; American usage; Countable; Uncountable
name
A surname.
Example Sentences
- "The beet is a hardy species."
- "In general, beets, carrots, and turnips are all of aphrodisiac value in erotic dietary."
- "In the past several years, Moonbelly and Faria, two bakeries whose flaky croissants and elegant loaves rival those at Du Pain et des Idées in Paris, have opened, with rotating offerings of buckwheat coffee cake, roasted bok choy-milk bread buns and focaccia sandwiches stuffed with beet and feta sold under the moniker “girl dinner.”"
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becurtovirus
beetball
beetfly
beetloaf
beetroot
beeturia
beetworm
beety
lettucebeet
silverbeet
sugarbeet