Meaning

2 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)Beta vulgaris, a plant with a swollen root which is eaten or used to make sugar.

    The beet is a hardy species.

    Bete, Rübe, Rote Bete

    свёклаsvjókla

    буря́кburják

    biennial Eurasian plant usually having a swollen edible root; widely cultivated as a food crop

  2. (Canada, US, countable, uncountable)A beetroot; a swollen root of such a plant used as a culinary vegetable.

    round red root vegetable

Examples

20 sentences
  1. I don't like beets.

    Я не люблю буряк. — deniko

    ruЯ не люблю свеклу. — mrtaistoi

    deIch mag keine Rote Bete. — mrtaistoi

  2. Tom likes beets, but Mary doesn't.

  3. Tom's face was as red as a beet.

  4. Tom turned red as a beet.

    ruТом покраснел как рак. — marafon

    deTom wurde rot wie eine Tomate. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  5. They say that beet juice can lower blood pressure.

    Кажуть, що буряковий сік може знижувати кров'яний тиск. — ChickenKiev

    ruГоворят, что свекольный сок может снизить кровяное давление. — odexed

    deEs heißt, dass Rübensaft den Blutdruck senken kann. — Hans_Adler

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
Beta vulgaris — see also chard:
Русский
By meaning 1
Beta vulgaris — see also chard:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
Beta vulgaris — see also chard:
a root:

Origin

From Middle English bete, from Old English bēte, from Latin bēta, possibly of Celtic origi

From Middle English bete, from Old English bēte, from Latin bēta, possibly of Celtic origin.

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Forms

plural: beets
Singularbeet
Pluralbeets

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

27 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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