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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