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Definition: Beet |
BeetNoun1. Biennial Eurasian plant usually having a swollen edible root; widely cultivated as a food crop. 2. Round red root vegetable. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "beet" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1532. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Industry | A bundle or sheaf of tied flax crop or straw. Source: European Union. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
An average sized cup of sliced beets will contain:
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Beet."
Synonyms: BeetSynonyms: beetroot (n), common beet (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Food | Alligator pear, apple; apple slump; artichoke; ashcake, griddlecake, pancake, flapjack; atole, avocado, banana, beche de mer, barbecue, beefsteak; beet root; blackberry, blancmange, bloater, bouilli, bouillon, breadfruit, chop suey; chowder, chupatty, clam, compote, damper, fish, frumenty, grapes, hasty pudding, ice cream, lettuce, mango, mangosteen, mince pie, oatmeal, oyster, pineapple, porridge, porterhouse steak, salmis, sauerkraut, sea slug, sturgeon ("Albany beef"), succotash, supawn, trepang, vanilla, waffle, walnut. |
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Movie/TV Titles | Beet (1959) | |
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 | The photo shows a boy biting into the end of a beet, holding it by the leaves. See artwork: PV-44. Credit: Bill Branson (photographer). |  | In Salinas, California, geneticist Robert Lewellen (left) and technician Jose Orozco evaluate sugar beet breeding lines for disease resistance. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer.. |
 | Root-rotting fungi can weaken, stunt, or kill sugar beet plants. Here, geneticist Leonard Panella evaluates sugar beet plants for resistance to the fungal disease Rhizoctonia root rot. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer.. |  | Treasure Co., Mont. June 1939. Young sugar beet worker with his dog A. Rothstein. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | Young sugar beet worker with dog, Treasure County Montana. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Mother and baby of beet worker's family near East Grand Forks, Minnesota. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Family of Mexican sugar beet workers. Saginaw County, Michigan. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Wives of sugar beet workers. Saginaw County, Michigan. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Mexican woman living in the Mexican sugar beet area. Saginaw County, Michigan. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Mexican home in sugar beet area. Saginaw County, Michigan. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | It led him to the Beet Market, and he dimly saw the dark mouth of the Rue des Precheurs |
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Business | Until now, such a clearance has not been given, although approval is pending for 21 genetically modified plants (7 sugar beet, 9 rape seeds, 5 corn). (references) | |
Economic History | Moldova | The year 2000 saw an increase, albeit insignificant in both sugar beet and sugar. (references) |
Moldova | Sugar beet output grew 1.7 percent, while sugar output increased 3.4 percent to 102 thousand tons. (references) | |
Moldova | There are 10 privatized sugar beet enterprises in the north of the country, members of the Association of Sugar Refineries. (references) | |
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| "Beet" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 92.11% of the time. "Beet" is used about 76 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 (singular) | 92.11% | 70 | 39,981 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 3.95% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Noun (proper) | 2.63% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 1.32% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 76 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name |
| Japan | Nippon Beet Sugar Manufacturing Co., Ltd. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "beet": beet armyworm ♦ beet blight ♦ beet green ♦ beet greens ♦ beet pump ♦ Beet radish ♦ beet red ♦ beet sugar ♦ common beet ♦ indian beet ♦ leaf beet ♦ red as a beet root ♦ red beet ♦ seakale beet ♦ silver beet ♦ spinach beet ♦ sugar beet ♦ white beet. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "beet": beet-crop, beet-cutter, beet-root, beet-sugar. | |
Ending with "beet": sea-beet, sugar-beet. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
beet | 214 | beet root | 14 |
agriculture beet | 196 | beet cooking | 13 |
beet seed | 96 | beet greets.com | 12 |
pickled beet | 86 | beet green recipe | 12 |
beet importer | 64 | beet soup | 11 |
beet greets | 60 | beet pickle | 11 |
beet recipe | 56 | red beet | 11 |
beet pickled recipe | 54 | beet harvard | 11 |
sugar beet | 45 | beet webworm | 10 |
beet company list | 44 | beet buyer wholesale | 10 |
beet information | 36 | beet greet | 9 |
beet green | 23 | beet buy | 9 |
beet pulp | 20 | beet health | 9 |
beet seller | 20 | growing beet | 9 |
beet juice | 18 | beet nutritional value | 8 |
beet canning | 17 | beet greeting | 8 |
beet for sale | 17 | beet cook | 8 |
beet salad | 16 | beet eggs pickled | 7 |
beet nutrition | 16 | beet production sugar | 7 |
beet info | 15 | beet horse pulp | 7 |
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| Language | Translations for "beet"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | beet (bite). (various references) | |
Albanian | rrepë (horseradish, turnip), panxhar (beetroot). (various references) | |
Arabic | شمندر, بنجر. (various references) | |
Bavarian | ruam, rode rana. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | цвекло (beetroot). (various references) | |
Catalan | remolatxa. (various references) | |
Chamorro | asetga. (various references) | |
Chinese | "菜 . (various references) | |
Cornish | betysen. (various references) | |
Czech | řepa. (various references) | |
Danish | bede (ask, ask for, beg, bid, pray, request), et bundt af bundet flax eller strå. (various references) | |
Dutch | mangelwortel, kroot (beetroot, red beet), biet (beetroot), beetwortel. (various references) | |
Esperanto | beto, beta (beet-, of a beet). (various references) | |
Farsi | چغندر. (various references) | |
Finnish | juurikas. (various references) | |
French | betterave (beetroot). (various references) | |
Frisian | byt (bite). (various references) | |
German | Rübe (carrot, nob, noddle, pate, turnip), Runkelrübe (Mangel, mangel wurzel), Bete. (various references) | |
Greek | κοκκινογούλι, σακχαρότευτλο, παντζάρι (beetroot), τεύτλο, δεσμίδα (bundle, fascicle, ream, tussock). (various references) | |
Hebrew | סלק. (various references) | |
Hungarian | répa (colerape), cukorrépa (sugar beet), cékla (beetroot, red beet). (various references) | |
Icelandic | beð, reitur. (various references) | |
Italian | barbabietola (sugar beet). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 糖大 , 'ンディー語 (beach, beach coat, beach house, beach parasol, beach umbrella, beach volleyball, beach wear, beacon, beads, beagle, beaker, beam, beam antenna, beam rider, beast, beat, beat generation, Beatles, beaver, bee, beef, beefalo, beefsteak, beep, beer, Hindi, Hindustan, hint, Venus, virus, viva). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | "ート (beat), さとう い"". (various references) | |
Korean | 비트. (various references) | |
Manx | beetys (beetroot). (various references) | |
Mohawk | onekwenhtara nikatsihkòten'. (various references) | |
Norwegian | bete. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | eetbay.(various references) | |
Polish | burak. (various references) | |
Portuguese | beterraba (beets, sugar-beet). (various references) | |
Romanian | sfeclã (beetroot). (various references) | |
Romany | chookoondòori (beet root). (various references) | |
Russian | свекла свекольный, свекла. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | repa (turnip), cvekla. (various references) | |
Spanish | remolacha (beetroot). (various references) | |
Swedish | beta (bait, Bate, beta, bite, break, browse, disinfect, feed, grass, graze, mordant, morsel, pasture, pickle, soak, steep). (various references) | |
Turkish | pancar kökü (beetroot), pancar (beetroot). (various references) | |
Turkmen | юugundyr. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | снопик льону, виправляти (amend, better, castigate, chasten, correct, emend, oversee, re establish, reclaim, rectify, redress, reform, remedy, retrieve, touch up), буряковий, буряк (beet-root, sugar beet), допомагати (abet, accommodate, advantage, assist, avail, benefit, bestead, boot, boot out, cater, forward, lend a hand, oblige, promote, see through). (various references) | |
Welsh | betysen. (various references) | |
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| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | BETA VULGARIS, bete. (various references) |
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| Language | Date | Source | Matthew Chapter 7, Verse 27 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai katebh h broch kai hlqon oi potamoi kai epneusan oi anemoi kai prosekoyan th oikia ekeinh kai epesen kai hn h ptwsiV authV megalh |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et descendit pluvia et venerunt flumina et flaverunt venti et inruerunt in domum illam et cecidit et fuit ruina eius magna |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | Þa rinde hyt. & þær com flod. & bleowen windes. & aruren on þt hus. & þt husfeol. & his ryre wæs mychel. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And reyn cam doun, and floodis camen, and wyndis blewen, and thei hurliden ayen that hous; and it felde doun, and the fallyng doun therof was greet. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And abundauce of rayne descended and the fluddes came and ye wyndes blewe and beet vpon that housse and it fell and great was the fall of it. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell, and great was the fall of it. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And the rain came down and there was a rush of waters and the winds were driving against that house; and it came down and great was its fall. |
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| Language | Matthew Chapter 7, Verse 27 |
| Cebuano | ug unya mibundak ang ulan, ug mibul-og ang mga baha, ug mihuros ang mga hangin ug mihapak niadtong balaya, ug kadto napukan; ug daku gayud ang iyang pagkapukan." |
| Croatian | Zapljušti kiša, navale bujice, duhnu vjetrovi i sruèe se na tu kuæu i ona se sruši. I bijaše to ruševina velika." |
| Danish | og Skylregnen faldt, og Floderne kom, og Vindene blæste og stødte imod dette Hus, og det faldt, og dets Fald var stort." |
| Dutch | En de slagregen is nedergevallen, en de waterstromen zijn gekomen, en de winden hebben gewaaid, en zijn tegen hetzelve huis aangeslagen, en het is gevallen, en zijn val was groot. |
| Finnish | Ja rankkasade lankesi, ja virrat tulvivat, ja tuulet puhalsivat ja syöksähtivät sitä huonetta vastaan, ja se sortui, ja sen sortuminen oli suuri." |
| French | La pluie est tombée, les torrents sont venus, les vents ont soufflé et ont battu cette maison: elle est tombée, et sa ruine a été grande. |
| German | Da nun ein Platzregen fiel und kam ein Gewässer und wehten die Winde und stießen an das Haus, da fiel es und tat einen großen Fall. |
| Hungarian | És ömlött az esõ, és eljött az árvíz, és fújtak a szelek, és beleütköztek abba a házba; és összeomlott: és nagy lett annak romlása. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Pada waktu hujan turun, dan air banjir datang serta angin kencang memukul rumah itu, rumah itu roboh. Dan kerusakannya hebat sekali!" |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | maka turunlah hujan lebat dan air pun bahlah, serta angin kencang bertiup dan menempuh rumah itu; lalu robohlah ia, maka sangatlah besar robohnya itu." |
| Italian | Cadde la pioggia, strariparono i fiumi, soffiarono i venti e si abbatterono su quella casa, ed essa cadde, e la sua rovina fu grande». |
| Latvian | Un lija lietus, un nâca plûdi, un pûta vçji, un gâzâs pâr ðo mâju, un tâ sagruva; un tâs posts bija liels. |
| Manx Gaelic | As huitt y fliaghey, as dhatt ny thooillaghyn, as heid ny geayghyn, as cheau ad er y thie shen: as huitt eh, as s'mooar va e lhieggey! |
| Maori | Na ka ua te ua, ka puta nga waipuke, ka pupuhi nga hau, a pa ana ki taua whare; na kua hinga: he rahi ano tona hinganga. |
| Norwegian | og skyllregnet falt, og flommen kom, og vindene blåste og slo imot dette hus, og det falt, og dets fall var stort! |
| Portuguese | E desceu a chuva, correram as torrentes, sopraram os ventos, e bateram com ímpeto contra aquela casa, e ela caiu; e grande foi a sua queda. |
| Rumanian | A dat ploaia, au venit wivoaiele, au suflat vknturile, wi au izbit kn casa aceea: ea s`a prqbuwit, wi prqbuwirea i -a fost mare.`` |
| Russian | Й ПЫЕМ "ПЦ"Ш, Й ТБЪМЙМЙУШ ТЕЛЙ, Й П"ХМЙ ЧЕФТЩ, Й ОБМЕЗМЙ ОБ "ПН ФПФ; Й ПО Х БМ, Й 'ЩМП Б"ЕОЙЕ ЕЗП ЧЕМЙЛПЕ. |
| Shuar | Tura yumi yutuk entsa nujankruamai tura nase ti kakaram umpuimiai. Túmakui jea mash saanaki iniaamai" Tímiayi Jesus. |
| Swahili | Mvua ikanyesha, mito ikafurika, pepo kali zikavuma na kuipiga nyumba hiyo, nayo ikaanguka; tena kwa kishindo kikubwa." |
| Swedish | Och slagregn föll, och vattenströmmarna kommo, och vindarna blåste och slogo mot det huset; och det föll omkull, och dess fall var stort." |
| Uma | Karata-na uda, mowo' ue, pai' ngolu' mporumpa' tomi toe, kamodungka-nami, mokero hangkani." |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "beet": beetle, beetled, beetler, beetlers, beetles, beetling, beetroot, beetroots, beets. (additional references) | |
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"Beet" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: abeet, baet, banet, bayat, bayet, Bazett, bealt, Beatt, beay, beeb, beec, beed, beeem, beeg, beem, beest, beeta, beeth, Beety, beev, beew, beey, beez, Behet, beit, Belet, beot, bept, beqt, bert, betem, bett, betw, beue, Beuth, bevet, bexe, Bezet, biet, bifet, bivet, Bleet, blete, bleuet, Bobet, boet, Boeti, Boyett, Bset, Buet, buete, buety, byet, Byett, bynt, byt, Byth, ebet, Ebot, ebut, eett, ubet, zeet. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "beet" (pronounced bē"t) |
| 3 | b ē" t | beat, downbeat, offbeat. |
| 2 | -ē" t | backseat, cheat, cleat, compete, complete, conceit, concrete, deceit, defeat, delete, deplete, discreet, discrete, eat, effete, elite, excrete, feat, feet, fleet, greet, heat, incomplete, indiscreet, leet, Marguerite, meat, meet, mete, mistreat, neat, peat, petite, pleat, receipt, repeat, replete, retreat, seat, secrete, sheet, Skeet, sleet, Street, suite, sweet, teat, treat, tweet, unseat, wheat. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-e-e-t" | |
-1 letter: bee, bet, tee. | |
-2 letters: be, et. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-e-e-t" | |
+1 letter: beets, beget, beret, beset, betel, ebbet, thebe. | |
+2 letters: beaten, beater, becket, beetle, befret, begets, behest, belted, belter, bennet, berate, bereft, berets, besets, bested, betake, betels, bethel, betide, betime, betise, betted, better, bewept, bolete, bootee, brevet, butene, debate, ebbets, rebate, thebes, treble. | |
+3 letters: abetted, abetter, beastie, beaters, beckets, bedmate, bedtime, beetled, beetler, beetles, befrets, behests, beignet, belated, beleapt, belters, beneath, benefit, benempt, bennets, bequest, berated, berates, beretta, berthed, bestead, bestrew, betaine, betaken, betakes, betaxed, bethels, betided, betides, betimes, betises, betoken, betters, between, bheesty, bigfeet, bleated, bleater, blether, boletes, boneset, bootees, botonee, breathe, brevets, burette, butenes, debated, debater, debates, debited, debuted, eatable, ebonite, embrute, eyebolt, getable, hebetic, jetbead, overbet, rebated, rebater, rebates, retable, sherbet, subteen, tabered, tenable, terebic, thereby, trebled, trebles, tremble, webfeet, website, webster. | |
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