beetroot

Other forms of beetroot

plural

beetroots·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about beetroot

What does beetroot mean?

beetroot means "beet having a massively swollen red root; widely grown for human consumption". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in beetroot?

beetroot has 2 syllables: bee-troot. The stress falls on "bee".

What is another word for beetroot?

Close synonyms include Beta vulgaris rubra, beet. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is beetroot a common word?

beetroot is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.