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"BEETS" is a plural of: beet. |
Date "BEETS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1808. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Dream Interpretation | To see them growing abundantly, harvest and peace will obtain in the land; eating them with others, is full of good tidings. If they are served in soiled or impure dishes, distressful awakenings will disturb you. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: BEETSSynonym: Sugar beets. (additional references) |
Crosswords: BEETS |
| English words defined with "BEETS": Aphis fabae, aspartic acid ♦ bean aphid, beet armyworm, beet sugar, beta, blackfly ♦ Chenopodiaceae ♦ family Chenopodiaceae ♦ genus Beta, glycolic acid, glycollic acid, goosefoot family ♦ hydroxyacetic acid ♦ raffinose, root crop ♦ Spodoptera exigua ♦ Zebra caterpillar. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "BEETS": beet flumer ♦ DIFFUSER OPERATOR ♦ FARMWORKER, DIVERSIFIED CROPS I, FLUMER I, FLUMER II, Forfeiture penalty ♦ LIQUID-SUGAR FORTIFIER ♦ Nonbasic commodities ♦ PICKING-TABLE WORKER ♦ ROW BOSS, HOEING ♦ SIEVE-GRADER TENDER, Sugar price support program, SUPERVISOR, BEET END, SUPERVISOR, PULP HOUSE ♦ TARE WEIGHER ♦ WASHROOM OPERATOR, WEEDER-THINNER. (references) |
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Screenplays | They look like boiled beets, don't you think? (Malcolm in the Middle; writing credit: Daniel Frenette) Ryan, save some extra beets! (Oz; writing credit: Pavel Srut) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Where sugar is made from beets, filter presses, Greeley, Colo. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Young sugar beet workers chopping sugar beets, Treasure County, Montana. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Chopping sugar beets, Treasure County, Montana. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Trucks full of sugar beets waiting to be unloaded at sugar beet plant. Lewiston, Utah. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Unloader and distributor of sugar beets at sugar beet plant. Lewiston, Utah. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Pile of sugar beets waiting for processing at sugar beet plant. Lewiston, Utah. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Irrigation ditch around field of sugar beets near Mitchell, Nebraska. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Sugar beets and ranch buildings near Fort Collins, Colorado. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Shelley, Idaho (vicinity). Japanese-Americans hoeing sugar beets on farm. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Stockton (vicinity), California. Mexican agricultural laborer topping sugar beets. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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Health | Because the intake of iron or foods such as beets can give the stool the same appearance as bleeding from the digestive tract, a doctor must test the stool for blood before offering a diagnosis. (references) | |
Foodborne botulism has often been from home-canned foods with low acid content, such as asparagus, green beans, beets and corn. However, outbreaks of botulism from more unusual sources such as chopped garlic in oil, chile peppers, tomatoes, improperly handled baked potatoes wrapped in aluminum foil, and home-canned or fermented fish. Persons who do home canning should follow strict hygienic procedures to reduce contamination of foods. (references) | ||
Economic History | Egypt | Cotton, rice, wheat, corn, sugarcane, sugar beets, onions, and beans are the principal crops. (references) |
Moldova | About 1.8 million tons of beets are processed into 230 thousand tons of white sugar each year. (references) | |
Uzbekistan | These crops, together with others such as rice and sugar beets, are grown under a state order system. (references) | |
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| "BEETS" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 66.67% of the time. "BEETS" is used about 3 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (plural) | 66.67% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Noun (proper) | 33.33% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 3 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "BEETS" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Beets | Last name | 1,000 | 15,583 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "BEETS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | bormangel (heart rot of beet, heart rot of beets), bedehjerteforraadnelse (heart rot of beet, heart rot of beets), bedegulsot (beet yellows, virus yellows, yellow virosis of beets), hjerteforraadnelse (heart rot of beet, heart rot of beets), foer roerne spirer,bekaempes det allerede spirede ukrudt med en ukrudtsstrigle med lille tangvaegt,men mange taender (before the beets sprout, the pushing weeds are killed by means of a spiked chain harrow with a great number of light spikes). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | vergelingsziekte (beet yellows, virus yellows, yellow virosis of beets), het opkomende onkruid wordt voor de opkomst van de bieten vernietigd met behulp van een lichte onkruideg met veel tanden (before the beets sprout, the pushing weeds are killed by means of a spiked chain harrow with a great number of light spikes), hartrot bij biet (heart rot of beet, heart rot of beets), hartrot (discoloured heartwood, heart rot, heart rot of beet, heart rot of beets, red heart, stain). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | sydänmätä (heart rot of beet, heart rot of beets), juurikkaankeltavirus (beet yellows, virus yellows, yellow virosis of beets). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | betterave fraîche cuite et réduite (boiled and crushed fresh beets), repiquage des betteraves (transplanting of beets), pourriture du coeur de la betterave (heart rot of beet, heart rot of beets), pourriture du coeur (heart rot of beet, heart rot of beets), maladie du coeur de la betterave (heart rot of beet, heart rot of beets), les plantes adventices sont détruites avant que les betteraves sortent, l'aide d'une herse souple comportant des dents légères mais très rapprochées (before the beets sprout), jaunisse de la betterave (beet yellows, yellow virosis of beets). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Runkelrüben. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | σήψη της καρδιάς των τεύτλων (heart rot of beet, heart rot of beets), τα αυτοφυή χόρτα καταστρέφονται πριν το φύτρωμα των τεύτλων,με την βοήθεια εύκαμπτης σβάρνας που φέρει ελαφρά δόντια σε κοντινές μεταξύ το (before the beets sprout), ίκτερος των τεύτλων (beet yellows, virus yellows, yellow virosis of beets). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | prima che le bietole escano,le piante infestanti sono distrutte mediante un erpice snodato,con denti sottili molto avvicinati (before the beets sprout, the pushing weeds are killed by means of a spiked chain harrow with a great number of light spikes), mal del cuore della bietola (heart rot of beet, heart rot of beets), mal del cuore della barbabietola (heart rot of beet, heart rot of beets), giallume della barbabietola (beet yellows, virus yellows, yellow virosis of beets). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | eetsbay beterraba (beet, sugar-beet). (various references) mal del corazón de la remolacha (heart rot of beet, heart rot of beets), enfermedad del corazón de la remolacha (heart rot of beet, heart rot of beets), amarilleo de la remolacha (beet yellows, virus yellows, yellow virosis of beets). (various references) rödbetor. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | mycosphaerella tabifica. (various references) |
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Misspellings | |
"BEETS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: baelts, bealts, beeds, beegs, beels, beens, beest, beeta, beeth, Beety, Benetos, Benets, Bertz, beste, betem, betest, betst, betts, betw, betz, Bientz, Biest, Biesty, binet, blets, bretz, bte, Eberts, ebet, keets. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "BEETS" (pronounced bē"ts) |
| 4 | b ē" t s | beats. |
| 3 | -ē" t s | cheats, cleats, competes, completes, deceits, deets, defeats, depletes, eats, elites, feats, fleets, greets, heats, meats, meets, mistreats, petites, pleats, receipts, repeats, retreats, seats, sheets, skeets, streets, suites, sweets, teats, treats. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: beset. | |
| Words within the letters "b-e-e-s-t" | |
-1 letter: bees, beet, best, bets, tees. | |
-2 letters: bee, bet, see, set, tee. | |
-3 letters: be, es, et. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-e-e-s-t" | |
+1 letter: begets, behest, berets, besets, bested, betels, betise, ebbets, thebes. | |
+2 letters: beastie, beaters, beckets, beetles, befrets, behests, belters, bennets, bequest, berates, bestead, bestrew, betakes, bethels, betides, betimes, betises, betters, bheesty, boletes, boneset, bootees, brevets, butenes, debates, rebates, sherbet, subteen, trebles, website, webster. | |
+3 letters: abetters, absented, absentee, absenter, absterge, acerbest, arbelest, basement, basseted, beadiest, beakiest, beamiest, beasties, beatless, beauties, bedmates, bedsheet, bedstead, bedtimes, beefiest, beeriest, beetlers, beignets, beltless, bemisted, benefits, bequests, berettas, besetter, besoothe, besotted, besprent, besteads, bestowed, bestrewn, bestrews, bestride, bestrode, betaines, bethesda, betokens, betonies, bheestie, bimester, bisected, bistered, bleakest, bleaters, blethers, bluestem, bonesets, breasted, breathes, briefest, burettes, bystreet, debaters, debtless, diabetes, eatables, ebonites, embrutes, eyebolts, feeblest, herbiest, jetbeads, nestable, obsolete, obtested, overbets, rebaters, retables, seatbelt, sherbert, sherbets, soberest, steenbok, stilbene, suberect, subteens, subtheme, teaboxes, tensible, testable, trembles, tubeless, tubenose, tuberose, ubieties, webbiest, websites, websters. | |
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