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# beet

noun (beet, beets; beetroot)

«beet» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A beet is a round dark red vegetable that grows under the ground; in the UK it is called beetroot. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beet/#m1)
2. Sugar beet is a pale kind of beet that sugar is made from. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beet/#m2)

### In the lessons

a vegetable counted, grown or weighed; in science: beets are roots that store food for the plant; sugar is made from sugar beet; in cooking: beets turn food and fingers red; phrases: «red as a beet» (very red in the face, from shame or heat)

### Examples

- The farmer grew 40 beets. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beet/#x1)
- Each bag holds 6 beets. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beet/#x2)
- She bought 2 kg of beets. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beet/#x3)
- There are 3 rows of beets with 15 in each row. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beet/#x4)
- Beets grow under the ground like carrots. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beet/#x5)
- The beet soup was bright red. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beet/#x6)
- Much of our sugar comes from sugar beet. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beet/#x7)
- He went as red as a beet when he forgot his lines. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beet/#x8)

### Note

Only names what is counted; no clue to the operation. Rows × beets in each row (3 × 15 = 45). Homophone: «beat» (hit, or win) sounds the same.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «beet» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beet/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«beet» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/beet.html) on Mova free.