bean dip
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- noun
- /biːn dɪp/
:
dip de frijol
- For the game night, I made a delicious bean dip and paired it with some crunchy vegetables.
- black bean dip
- white bean dip
- make bean dip
Examples
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She brought homemade bean dip as an appetizer, and it was a big hit among the guests.
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Hope you like bean dip.
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"Have you tried the bean dip?"
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Anyway, what I was saying was Maddie said the black bean dip is pretty good, so we're going to try some of that.
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More rosemary garlic madness in the form of a white bean dip.
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Refried bean dip.
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Then there was the bean dip, which was another tray of refried beans and the closest thing to vegetables on the menu: tiny cubed peppers, tomatoes, and corn.
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At the party, everyone enjoyed the creamy bean dip served with fresh tortilla chips.
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a creamy dip made from cooked beans' is directly and compositionally built from 'bean' (edible legume seed) + 'dip' (a thick condiment for dunking), so a learner who knows both words can infer the MWE. This noun–noun compound follows a common, cross-linguistic food-naming pattern and is therefore immediately comprehensible to a B1 learner.
Etymology
Bean dip is a simple food name that gives a clear image: cooked, mashed beans are made creamy and served as a dip to scoop with chips or bread. That's why bean dip means 'a creamy dip made from cooked beans'.