bine

1. 1.

   European twining plant whose flowers are used chiefly to flavor malt liquors; cultivated in America

   Synonymscommon hopcommon hopsEuropean hopHumulus lupulus

   Broaderhop

Other forms of bine

plural

bines·

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 bine

What does bine mean?

bine means "European twining plant whose flowers are used chiefly to flavor malt liquors; cultivated in America".

How many syllables are in bine?

bine has 1 syllable: bine.

What is another word for bine?

Close synonyms include common hop, common hops, European hop, Humulus lupulus. 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 bine a common word?

bine 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.