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The correct spelling is bean.
How to pronounce bean
/biːn/
nounIPA: /biːn/
Say it like: Bee-n
The correct spelling is bean. A reusable software component written in Java. For example: "I haven't got a bean."
Usage Examples
“I haven't got a bean.”
“The pitcher beaned the batter, rather than letting him hit another home run.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A reusable software component written in Java.
- 2.Any plant of several genera of the taxonomic family Fabaceae that produces large edible seeds or edible seedpods.
- 3.The large edible seed of such a plant (for example, a broad bean, navy bean or garbanzo bean).
- 4.The edible seedpod of such a plant.
- 5.(by extension) The bean-like seed of certain other plants, such a a vanilla bean or (especially) a coffee bean.
verb
- 1.To hit deliberately with a projectile, especially in the head.
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