haricot

«haricot» in Mova's school dictionary: a small white bean, the kind used to make baked beans — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a haricot, haricots); haricot bean

meaning for a pupil

1) A haricot (haricot bean) is a small white bean, the kind used to make baked beans. tree →

2) (French) «Haricot» is the French word for bean, as in «haricots verts» (green beans). tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life in the UK, Ireland and Australia, tinned baked beans are haricot beans in tomato sauce; in the US they are called navy beans. In science and food lessons, beans are seeds and a good source of protein and fibre. In cooking, French recipes use «haricots verts» for thin green beans. Say «HA-ri-koh»: the t is silent.

examples

• Baked beans are made from haricot beans. tree →
• Soak the haricot beans in water overnight. tree →
• Haricot beans are full of protein. tree →
• In America, haricot beans are called navy beans. tree →
• Mum added haricots to the stew. tree →
• (French) «Haricots verts» are thin green beans. tree →

note

The «t» is silent, as in French: «HA-ri-koh». Countable: haricots. It is a borrowed French word, used in English mostly as «haricot bean».

In the corpora

• Baked beans are usually haricot beans, which first came from the Americas.

Trees and pragmatics

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