beans
noun
Form of bean , plural of bean.
Simple meaning
Any of different leguminous plants grown for their edible seeds and pods.
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
beenzIPA pronunciation (US)
ˈbinz
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) is a standard way of writing speech sounds.
Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
plural of bean
Any of various leguminous plants grown for their edible seeds and pods
plural of bean
The large edible seed of such a plant (for example, a broad bean, navy bean, or garbanzo bean).
plural of bean
The edible seedpod of such a plant.
plural of bean
The bean-like seed of certain other plants, such as a vanilla bean or (especially) a coffee bean.
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
This meaning: Any of various leguminous plants grown for their edible seeds and pods
Used this way, beans is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Matter-of-fact
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
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