broad bean
- noun
- /brɔd bin/
- UK
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- During the summer, we love to pick fresh broad beans from the garden to use in salads.
Examples
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Broad beans, in their natural state, aren't usually turquoise, are they?
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Aye, it's just most of the food I've had, the farmhouse soup, the potatoes, broad beans, all come out of a can.
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I even heated my broad beans on my wood stove because it is absolutely miserable outside, and winter is rolling in fast.
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Got some eggs on the go, some broad beans or we've got a little salad going on.
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So it's important for me to have a steady supply of plants like for example, these Fargo broad beans and that plant is ready to go.
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In Turkey, the primary grain is wheat, and staple foods of lower-income households include lentils and broad beans.
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So tins, pulses like chickpeas, broad beans, red kidney beans can last ages without going off or losing their nutritional value.
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I often add broad beans to my vegetable stir-fry for extra flavor and nutrition.
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The recipe calls for broad beans, which can be cooked and mashed or eaten whole.
Synonyms
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An edible seed or pod from plants like peas and lentils used for food
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A type of broad bean used in Mediterranean cooking
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A large flat seed from the broad bean plant that people cook and eat
A large flat bean that people cook and eat, also called fava
A plant from Europe and Asia that makes large flat beans people and animals eat
A seed from the broad bean plant used as food for people and animals
A seed from plants like peas or lentils that you can eat
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Morphology
The meaning 'a large, flat edible seed' is directly and predictably derived from combining 'broad' (wide/large across) with 'bean' (edible seed). This adjective + noun compound follows a straightforward compositional pattern and would be understandable to a B1 learner who knows both constituent words.
Etymology
Broad bean as a seed is named for its shape. The bean is large and flat, so people called it a 'broad' bean, and that is why the name means the edible seed we eat today.