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snap

4 2.4
A tender green bean that breaks easily and has no string
  • noun
  • /snæp/
  • US
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  • Also showing their stamina are new snap beans developed by the ARS Air Quality Plant Growth and Development Research Unit in Raleigh, North Carolina.
  • snap beans

Now the other question is can I eat snap peas as shelling peas?

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Examples

  • Now the other question is can I eat snap peas as shelling peas?

  • For veggies I'm adding sugar snap peas and cut up Peppers.

  • These are our favorite snap pea variety.

  • ASR has almost 100 different host species, including dry and snap beans.

    Academic text (2006)
  • I'm going to put a little bit more olive oil in it and we are going to start cooking our snap peas.

  • But it's nice, these little snap peas, fresh, delicious, a little bit of bitterness, nice.

  • Also at risk is the $190 million snap bean crop of Florida, Illinois, New York, Oregon, Wisconsin, and other states.

    Academic text (2003)
  • Stewed apples, cornbread, biscuits, snap beans.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • Half an acre of cleared land sprouted leaf lettuce, broccoli, arugula, radishes, cauliflower, carrots, and sugar snap peas.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • I love to add snap peas to my stir-fry for a fresh crunch.

Synonyms

snap bean
vssnap
  • US
1 2.7

A tender green bean you eat young that breaks easily and has no strings

has identical meaning but functions as an alternative name

Antonyms

7 2.7

A long green bean with a tough string along its pod you remove before eating

Idioms

in a snap
  • Informal
3 3.0

It happens very quickly with little effort

Happens very quickly

To speak to someone in a sudden angry way without good reason

Compounds

snap judgment
  • Informal
7 4.8

A quick decision made without careful thought that may be unfair

6 3.2

A short sudden time of very cold weather that is colder than usual

3 3.3

A pea with crisp pods you eat whole

2 2.3

A small crisp round cookie with ginger and warm spices

A sweet pea with a crisp round pod that you can eat whole, raw or cooked

1 2.7

A tender green bean you eat young that breaks easily and has no strings

1 8.8

The edge of a hat that can be turned up on one side and down on the other

1 8.2

A quick picture taken to show a happy moment

snap fastener
  • Specialized
1 3.4

A small thing on clothes or bags that joins two pieces by pressing two round parts together

snap line
  • Specialized
1 5.6

A string with chalk on it that you stretch and snap to mark a straight line

A hat with a brim you can turn up or down

snap roll
  • Specialized
1 9.0

A very quick, complete rotation of a plane around its nose-to-tail line while flying straight

1 9.1

Short lively talk where people answer each other quickly

8.6

A large willow tree with stiff branches that break easily

snap ring
  • Specialized
6.0

A metal loop with a spring clip for quickly attaching rope or gear

A quick, funny talk where people tease each other playfully

Surface Forms

snap singular
snaps plural

Etymology

Snaps for the green bean come from the fact that the beans break with a quick 'snap', which is why they are called snaps and are easy to break.