snap bean

noun

: a bean grown primarily for its long pods that are cooked as a vegetable while young and tender and before the seeds have become enlarged compare shell bean

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Both types are made from the same variety of mature green beans (aka string beans or snap beans). — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Nov. 2025 Farmers have already been reporting frost damage in crops such as snap beans, sweet corn, squash and bell peppers. — Dan Peck, ABC News, 30 Jan. 2026 Choose productive plants such as snap beans, tomatoes, radishes, lettuce, turnips, onions, greens, carrots, and peppers for a small row garden. — Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 29 Apr. 2026 The garden uses plants that are sensitive to ozone to measure area levels, including snap beans, milkweed and cone flower. — Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 31 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for snap bean

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First Known Use

1770, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of snap bean was in 1770

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snap bean

noun
: a bean grown primarily for its long pods that are cooked as a vegetable while they are still young and tender and before their seeds have become enlarged compare shell bean
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