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beany

beany adjective: resembling or characteristic of beans.

Adjective

beany (comparative beanier or more beany, superlative beaniest or most beany)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of beans.
    • Those who like the beany taste in baked beans, will like the Pea bean better than the Blue Pod […]1863, The country gentleman, volume 21, page 331
    • He kept whoever it was waiting while he wiped up the beany mess.1977, Pat Flower, Cobweb

Examples of beany in a sentence

  • Some producers even add powdered soymilk or soy flour, but the latter can give an objectionable beany flavor.1985, William Shurtleff, Akiko Aoyagi, Tofutti and Other Soy Ice Creams, page 221:
  • the little plates / in the sink / and the big spoon / and the baked beany pan1988, Angie Gilligan, “Household Dilemma”, in The New British Poetry 1968-88:

Forms of beany

comparativebeanier
comparativemore beany
superlativebeaniest
superlativemost beany

Origin of beany

From bean + -y.

Words that rhyme with beany

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Questions about beany

What does beany mean?
Beany means resembling or characteristic of beans.
How do you use beany in a sentence?
Some producers even add powdered soymilk or soy flour, but the latter can give an objectionable beany flavor.
What part of speech is beany?
Beany is an adjective.

Words near beany in the dictionary

  1. Beantown
  2. Beantowner
  3. Beantowners
  4. beanwater
  5. beanweed
  6. beany
  7. beaproned
  8. bear
  9. bear a grudge
  10. bear a hand
  11. bear against

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