boston baked beans
noun
Simple meaning
Dried navy beans baked slowly with molasses and salt pork.
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
bahstuhnbayktbeenzSay the bold part a little louder.
IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈbɑstənˈbeɪktˈbinz
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
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Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
cooking
Dried navy beans baked slowly with molasses and salt pork
cooking
A variety of baked beans, sweetened with molasses, and flavored with salt pork or bacon.
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
This meaning: Dried navy beans baked slowly with molasses and salt pork
Used this way, boston baked beans is a specialist word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. This is a military use: it belongs to service and operational language.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Specialist/technical
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Specialized
- Connotation
- Clinical and technical
- Usage feel
- Technical and specialized
Where it naturally appears
- Military
- Historical writing
- News/reporting
- Technical/specialist writing
Usage note
In general conversation this sense usually needs explaining — outside its field, people reach for a plainer word.
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