beetroot
/ˈbiːtruːt/noun
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चुकंदर
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as phrasal verb
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[C, U] British
a plant with a round dark red root that is cooked or eaten raw as a vegetable
चुकंदर
- Radhika added grated beetroot to the salad.
- Beetroot juice is rich in iron and folic acid.
- Beetroot turns your hands pink when you peel it.
+ 2 more examples
- We had boiled beetroot with rice for lunch.
- The soup was dark red because it was made with beetroot.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
beetroot (uncountable and countable)
Use beetroot as uncountable for the food and countable for individual roots.
भोजन के रूप में 'beetroot' uncountable है और अलग-अलग जड़ों के लिए countable।
- Beetroot is good for your blood.
- Buy two beetroots for the salad.
beetroot vs beet
In British English the vegetable is beetroot; in American English it is beet.
ब्रिटिश English में इस सब्ज़ी को beetroot कहते हैं; अमेरिकी English में beet।
- She added grated beetroot to the paratha dough.
beetroot + noun
Beetroot can modify nouns: beetroot juice, beetroot salad, beetroot halwa.
'Beetroot' दूसरे nouns को modify कर सकता है: beetroot juice, beetroot salad, beetroot halwa।
- A glass of beetroot juice gives quick energy.
red as a beetroot
The simile red as a beetroot describes a face turning red with embarrassment or heat.
उपमा 'red as a beetroot' लज्जा या गर्मी से लाल पड़ते चेहरे का वर्णन करती है।
- He turned as red as a beetroot when the teacher praised him.
+Collocations 4
beetroot + noun
juicesaladsouppowderhalwa
- Her mother makes beetroot soup in winter.
verb + beetroot
grateboilpeelchoproast
- Boil the beetroot before you peel it.
adjective + beetroot
freshrawpickledcookeddark red
- Pickled beetroot is served with the meal.
beetroot as colour
beetroot redbeetroot stainbeetroot colourbeetroot dyebeetroot-coloured
- The beetroot stain on her scarf would not wash out.
“More examples 5
- Radhika's mother adds beetroot to the raita for colour.
राधिका की माँ रंग के लिए रायते में चुकंदर डालती हैं।
- Doctors advise anaemic patients to eat beetroot.
डॉक्टर रक्ताल्पता के रोगियों को चुकंदर खाने की सलाह देते हैं।
- The farmer grows carrots and beetroot in his field.
किसान अपने खेत में गाजर और चुकंदर उगाता है।
- The juice stained her white kurta beetroot red.
उस रस ने उसके सफ़ेद कुर्ते को चुकंदर जैसा लाल रंग दिया।
- Sugar can be made from a type of beet, not only sugarcane.
चीनी केवल गन्ने से नहीं, बल्कि एक प्रकार के चुकंदर से भी बनाई जा सकती है।
!Common mistakes 3
✗ Beetroots is rich in iron.
✓ Beetroot is rich in iron.
Beetroot as a food is uncountable and takes a singular verb.
भोजन के रूप में 'beetroot' uncountable है और इसके साथ singular verb आती है।
✗ He was red like beetroot with anger.
✓ He was as red as a beetroot with anger.
The fixed simile is as red as a beetroot, with the article.
स्थिर उपमा 'as red as a beetroot' है, article के साथ।
✗ I bought one kilo beetroot.
✓ I bought one kilo of beetroot.
A quantity word like kilo needs of before the noun.
Kilo जैसे मात्रा-वाचक शब्द के बाद noun से पहले 'of' आता है।
¶Idioms 1
go/turn (as) red as a beetroot
(British, informal) to become very red in the face, especially because you are embarrassed
(शर्म से) चेहरा लाल हो जाना, शर्म से लाल पड़ जाना
- He went as red as a beetroot when the teacher read out his love letter.
- She turned red as a beetroot when everyone started clapping for her.
§Grammar and usage
British and American: British English says beetroot, while American English usually says beet.
British और American में British English में beetroot कहा जाता है, जबकि American English में आमतौर पर beet कहा जाता है।