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# beetroot

«beetroot» in Mova's school dictionary: **a round, dark red root vegetable that grows under the ground** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a beetroot, beetroots; beetroot — uncountable as food); US: beet

### meaning for a pupil

1) Beetroot is a round, dark red root vegetable that grows under the ground. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beetroot/#m1)

2) Beetroot is also used to describe a deep red colour, especially a red face. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beetroot/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life and healthy-eating lessons beetroot is eaten cooked, pickled or raw in salads, and in soup (borscht) in Eastern Europe; its juice stains things purple-red. In science it can be used as a natural dye or indicator. In Australia and New Zealand a slice of beetroot is a classic burger filling. Phrase: «go as red as a beetroot» (blush).

### examples

- We grew beetroot in the school garden. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beetroot/#x1)
- Beetroot juice stained my shirt. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beetroot/#x2)
- He went as red as a beetroot when everyone sang to him. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beetroot/#x3)
- Grandma makes beetroot soup. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beetroot/#x4)
- Do you want beetroot on your burger? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beetroot/#x5)
- Beetroot is sweet when it is roasted. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beetroot/#x6)

### note

British and Australian English «beetroot»; American English «beet». Eating a lot of beetroot can harmlessly turn your wee pink — this is not blood.

### In the corpora

- [Beetroot can turn poo and wee pink for a day, which is harmless.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/364-the-body-s-rough-side-burps-farts-snot-sneezes-hiccups-and-poo/16/)
- [Beetroot juice stays red in vinegar and turns more purple-brown in alkali; not every plant colour changes the same way.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/17-indicators-the-red-cabbage-rainbow/14/)
- [Beetroot can make your wee pink, which is harmless.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/17-indicators-the-red-cabbage-rainbow/15/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «beetroot» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beetroot/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.