string bean — English Dictionary

Noun

1. Any long, slender green bean.

   Examples

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   Summer squashes almost in their golden blossom; cucumbers, now evincing a tendency to spread away from the main stock, and ramble far and wide; two or three rows of string-beans and as many more that were about to festoon themselves on poles;

   Well, I rung the fallout shelter bell / And I leaned my head and I gave a yell / “Give me a string bean, I’m a hungry man” / A shotgun fired and away I ran

2. Any long, slender green bean. A common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris)

3. Any long, slender green bean. An immature runner bean (Phaseolus coccineus)

4. Any long, slender green bean. A yardlong bean (Vigna unguiculata subsp. sesquipedalis)

5. Any long, slender green bean. A hyacinth bean (Lablab purpureus)

6. A tall and thin person.

   Usage

   • Figurative

   Examples

   My way o’ doing things suits me, and I don’t figure on changing it for you or any other half-baked young string-bean.

   She was once a tall stringbean of a girl whom the boys called “Red” in high school.

Noun

1. green beans with strings that must be removed

   Broader terms

   green bean