black bean
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- noun
- /blæk biːn/
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frijol negro
- El Columbia has the best 1905 salad, Cuban sandwich, and black bean soup in the world.
- rinse black beans
- drain black beans
- cook black beans
It was for a spicy black bean like noodle dish challenge.
- It was for a spicy black bean like noodle dish challenge.
- And we always keep little containers of black beans that we've boiled.
- It contains germinated black beans that provide antioxidation.
Examples
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And we eat a lot of, like, Brazilian food, you know, black beans, rice, veggies.
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Dishes waited for her in the sink, black beans soaked in a pot, ready for cooking.
Fiction book (1994) -
Gonna pick up a chicken black bean, spring roll starter...
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You guys should try some of this, there's black beans in it.
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And it was a classic black bean chopped salad.
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Dinner: either turkey burger or salmon with a side of black beans and a vegetable.
Blog text (13) -
Susan had made black bean soup, and there was bakery bread and salad.
Fiction book (1994) -
This has rice, black beans, cilantro and lime, allegedly.
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Burritos, enchiladas... Black beans and rice, man.
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In the afternoon, he went out to eat rice, refried black beans, and chicken.
Synonyms
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An edible seed or pod from plants like peas and lentils used for food
A small black bean often dried and used in cooking
Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun phrase is a straightforward descriptive composition: 'black' describes the color of the 'bean', and the defined referent (a black-colored edible seed) follows directly from the constituents. This adjectival + noun pattern is cross-linguistically common and thus a B1 learner who knows both words will readily understand the meaning.
Etymology
Black bean comes from the simple image of a shiny bean that is black in colour. Because cooks in South America dried and used these dark beans in many dishes, the name now means 'a small, black bean used in cooking'.