beetroot
A normally deep-red-colored root vegetable usually cooked or pickled before eatingA normally deep-red-colored root vegetable usually cooked or pickled before eating.
» I took a beetroot extract today.
Meaning
2 senses(Australia, India, New Zealand, UK, countable, uncountable)A normally deep-red-colored root vegetable usually cooked or pickled before eating.
Rote Bete, Rote Beete, Rote Rübe
свёклаsvjókla, свекла́sveklá, бура́кburák
буря́кburják
round red root vegetable
(uncountable, usually)The edible part of the root of a beet plant, raw or prepared.
Examples
11 sentencesI took a beetroot extract today.
I drank some beetroot extract today.
Tom went red as a beetroot.
deTom wurde rot wie eine Rübe. — Adelpa
He went as red as a beetroot.
deEr wurde knallrot. — wolfgangth
Tom went as red as a beetroot.
deTom wurde rot wie eine Rübe. — Adelpa
Translations
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Origin
From beet + root.From beet + root.
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Forms
plural: beetrootsSynonyms
4 synonyms- beet having a massively swollen red root; widely grown for human consumption:Beta vulgaris rubra
- round red root vegetable:beet
Word family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable