green bean
the immature green pod of the kidney bean, eaten as a vegetable.
Origin of green bean
1- Also called string bean, stringless bean.
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How to use green bean in a sentence
Hodgson said his first meal behind bars was American chop suey, green beans, and a piece of bread.
Living With Aaron Hernandez: The Murder Suspect’s Troubled Life Off the Field | Christine Pelisek | July 5, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTDoritos and canned green beans may have a smaller carbon footprint than those lovely, leafy greens you brought home in March.
Add the green beans, peas, lima beans, asparagus, fava beans, and 1/2 cup water to the pan.
Bring the contents to a rolling boil and add your carrots and green beans.
Children play with forks, using the sharp tines to reduce green beans to a mush, or to turn potatoes pink with ketchup.
The Strange Way We Eat: Bee Wilson’s ‘Consider the Fork’ | Bee Wilson | October 13, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
Remove all but an inch of the tops from beets, parsnips and carrots and the strings from green beans.
A Little Preserving Book for a Little Girl | Amy WatermanWhite beans and green beans may also be mixed together in a salad.
French Dishes for American Tables | Pierre CaronGlazing, coloring, and polishing of the green beans was openly and covertly practised until restricted by law.
All About Coffee | William H. UkersWolfe said he would try and led us into the restaurant, where a waiter inquired if we would have white or green beans.
'Brother Bosch', an Airman's Escape from Germany | Gerald Featherstone KnightThe nicest haricot bean salad is made from the fresh green beans met with abroad.
Cassell's Vegetarian Cookery | A. G. Payne
British Dictionary definitions for green bean
any bean plant, such as the French bean, having narrow green edible pods when unripe
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