Synonyms for beet


Grammar : Noun
Spell : beet
Phonetic Transcription : bit


Définition of beet

Origin :
  • Old English bete "beet, beetroot," from Latin beta, said to be of Celtic origin. Common in Old English, then lost till c.1400. Still usually spoken of in plural in U.S. A general West Germanic borrowing, cf. Old Frisian bete, Middle Dutch bete, Old High German bieza, German Beete.
  • noun vegetable
Example sentences :
  • No, I would let it go, and ask him for burdock or beet, as the case might be.
  • Extract from : « Samantha Among the Brethren, Part 6. » by Josiah Allen's Wife (Marietta Holley)
  • You must have a couple of hundred acres of beet at least, to begin with.
  • Extract from : « Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) » by William Delisle Hay
  • His nose had acquired the shape of a turnip and the complexion of a beet.
  • Extract from : « Two Days' Solitary Imprisonment » by Edward Bellamy
  • What can you say of the comparative value of cane and beet sugar?
  • Extract from : « Human Foods and Their Nutritive Value » by Harry Snyder
  • "I—I don't think so," stammered Shadow, and got as red as a beet.
  • Extract from : « Dave Porter and His Rivals » by Edward Stratemeyer
  • A little further on we came to small holes dug in the beet field.
  • Extract from : « The Red Watch » by J. A. Currie
  • He caught hold of the harp, turned red as a beet, and commenced to blow.
  • Extract from : « Sixes and Sevens » by O. Henry
  • Then—so ran the programme—I would march up, bearing my beet with me.
  • Extract from : « When Grandmamma Was New » by Marion Harland
  • "I said one beet, and that it measured one yard," stammered I, reluctantly.
  • Extract from : « When Grandmamma Was New » by Marion Harland
  • During all this time the bird must have nothing but beet juice to drink.
  • Extract from : « The Natural History of Cage Birds » by J. M. Bechstein

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