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baked beans

baked beans noun: a food consisting of beans baked or stewed in a usually tomato-based sauce.

baked beans: a food consisting of beans baked or stewed in a usually tomato-based sauce
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Noun

baked beans sg or pl (normally plural, singular baked bean)

  1. (plural, plural-normally, singular) A food consisting of beans baked or stewed in a usually tomato-based sauce.
    • It ought to be understood that baked beans is not a subject for unanimity of opinion. Down East in Maine they favor a medium-sized onion in each pot.1944 November 18, “BAKED BEANS”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 Dec 2025
    Synonyms:
    cowboy caviar

Synonyms of baked beans

Forms of baked beans

singularbaked bean

Questions about baked beans

What does baked beans mean?
Baked beans means a food consisting of beans baked or stewed in a usually tomato-based sauce.
What part of speech is baked beans?
Baked beans is a noun.

Words near baked beans in the dictionary

  1. bakecraft
  2. baked
  3. baked Alaska
  4. baked Alaskas
  5. baked bean
  6. baked beans
  7. baked good
  8. baked goods
  9. baked in
  10. baked off
  11. baked out

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