beetroot

«beetroot» in Mova's school dictionary: a round, dark red root vegetable that grows under the ground — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a beetroot, beetroots; beetroot — uncountable as food); US: beet

meaning for a pupil

1) Beetroot is a round, dark red root vegetable that grows under the ground. tree →

2) Beetroot is also used to describe a deep red colour, especially a red face. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life and healthy-eating lessons beetroot is eaten cooked, pickled or raw in salads, and in soup (borscht) in Eastern Europe; its juice stains things purple-red. In science it can be used as a natural dye or indicator. In Australia and New Zealand a slice of beetroot is a classic burger filling. Phrase: «go as red as a beetroot» (blush).

examples

• We grew beetroot in the school garden. tree →
• Beetroot juice stained my shirt. tree →
• He went as red as a beetroot when everyone sang to him. tree →
• Grandma makes beetroot soup. tree →
• Do you want beetroot on your burger? tree →
• Beetroot is sweet when it is roasted. tree →

note

British and Australian English «beetroot»; American English «beet». Eating a lot of beetroot can harmlessly turn your wee pink — this is not blood.

In the corpora

• Beetroot can turn poo and wee pink for a day, which is harmless.
• Beetroot juice stays red in vinegar and turns more purple-brown in alkali; not every plant colour changes the same way.
• Beetroot can make your wee pink, which is harmless.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «beetroot» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.