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
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Plant southern peas by seed to harvest as snap beans. 
Calvin Finch, ExpressNews.com, 14 May 2020 Readiness for harvest as green beans (snap beans) relates only to the thickness, or in the case of flat-pod varieties, the width of the pods. Pam Peirce, SFChronicle.com, 2 Aug. 2019 They are found on cowpeas, lima beans, snap beans, soybeans in most states east of the Mississippi River as well as parts of Arizona, Colorado, Nebraska, Texas, and Utah. The Editors, Good Housekeeping, 10 July 2018 Get ready for warm-season veggies: Begin planting warm-season vegetables, such as tomatoes and bell peppers (use transplants for these two), cucumbers, corn, snap beans and squash over the next couple of weeks. NOLA.com, 3 Mar. 2018 Vegetables: Calabaza, chayote, cherry tomato, collards, dasheen, lima bean, snap bean, Malabar spinach, malanga, New Zealand spinach, okra, hot pepper, roselle, Seminole pumpkin, Southern pea, sweet potato, tamarillo, yam and yard-long bean.4. Tom Maccubbin, OrlandoSentinel.com, 28 Apr. 2018 They are found on cowpeas, lima beans, snap beans, soybeans in most states east of the Mississippi River; also parts of Arizona, Colorado, Nebraska, Texas, Utah. The Editors Of Organic Life, Good Housekeeping, 3 June 2016 Plant seeds for lima and snap beans, beets, carrots, celery, chard, cucumbers, endive, fennel, jicama, melons, mustard, okra, potatoes, radish, soybeans, spinach, summer and winter squash, turnips and watermelon. Debbie Arrington, sacbee, 20 Apr. 2018 See More
Calvin Finch, ExpressNews.com, 14 May 2020 Readiness for harvest as green beans (snap beans) relates only to the thickness, or in the case of flat-pod varieties, the width of the pods. Pam Peirce, SFChronicle.com, 2 Aug. 2019 They are found on cowpeas, lima beans, snap beans, soybeans in most states east of the Mississippi River as well as parts of Arizona, Colorado, Nebraska, Texas, and Utah. The Editors, Good Housekeeping, 10 July 2018 Get ready for warm-season veggies: Begin planting warm-season vegetables, such as tomatoes and bell peppers (use transplants for these two), cucumbers, corn, snap beans and squash over the next couple of weeks. NOLA.com, 3 Mar. 2018 Vegetables: Calabaza, chayote, cherry tomato, collards, dasheen, lima bean, snap bean, Malabar spinach, malanga, New Zealand spinach, okra, hot pepper, roselle, Seminole pumpkin, Southern pea, sweet potato, tamarillo, yam and yard-long bean.4. Tom Maccubbin, OrlandoSentinel.com, 28 Apr. 2018 They are found on cowpeas, lima beans, snap beans, soybeans in most states east of the Mississippi River; also parts of Arizona, Colorado, Nebraska, Texas, Utah. The Editors Of Organic Life, Good Housekeeping, 3 June 2016 Plant seeds for lima and snap beans, beets, carrots, celery, chard, cucumbers, endive, fennel, jicama, melons, mustard, okra, potatoes, radish, soybeans, spinach, summer and winter squash, turnips and watermelon. Debbie Arrington, sacbee, 20 Apr. 2018 See More Word History
First Known Use
1770, in the meaning defined above