broad-bean

Questions about broad-bean

What does broad-bean mean?

broad-bean means "Old World upright plant grown especially for its large flat edible seeds but also as fodder".

How many syllables are in broad-bean?

broad-bean has 4 syllables and divides as bro-ad--be-an under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for broad-bean?

Close synonyms include broad bean, broad-bean plant, English bean, European bean, field bean. 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 broad-bean a common word?

broad-bean is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.