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[ been-stawk ] / ˈbinˌstɔk / SEE SYNONYMS FOR beanstalk ON THESAURUS.COM
nounthe stem of a bean plant. Origin of beanstalkFirst recorded in 1790–1800; bean + stalk1 Words nearby beanstalkbean pot, beanshooter, bean shot, bean sprout, bean sprouts, beanstalk, Bean Town, bean tree, bean weevil, bear, bearable Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for beanstalkMr. Tall” is sort of “Jack and the Beanstalk,” and that started to talk to “Jack and the Mad Dog. Tony Earley's Imaginary Friends|Mindy Farabee|September 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST Offhand, I can think of two Jacks—Jack of “Jack and the Beanstalk,” and Jack the Ripper, who cut quite a figure in his day. Harvey Weinstein’s Battle With Warner Bros. Over ‘The Butler’: There's History|Marlow Stern|July 12, 2013|DAILY BEAST And later, when the giant tries to climb after Jack, the beanstalk has to be chopped down pronto. Only Six Books: Excerpt From Jeanette Winterson’s New Memoir|Jeanette Winterson|March 7, 2012|DAILY BEAST Thus the mosque which was now such a bone of contention came into being, growing with the rapidity of Jack's beanstalk. A Bottle in the Smoke|Milne Rae
The affection of young ladies is of as rapid 35 growth as Jack's beanstalk, and reaches up to the sky in a night. Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources|James Wood Jack seized it and chopped away at the beanstalk, when down it fell, bringing along with it the Giant. Cole's Funny Picture Book No. 1|Edward William Cole Jack had no sooner reached the ground than he cut the beanstalk right in two. Childhood's Favorites and Fairy Stories|Various Jack's last words to his army just before climbing the beanstalk will be, "If you strike a giant you must kill him." Pieces of Hate|Heywood Broun
British Dictionary definitions for beanstalkCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to beanstalkrangy, gangly, spindly, gaunt, slender, scrawny, angular, slim, tenuous, great, lanky, big, soaring, towering, fragile, lean, meager, delicate, small, skinny |