sugar beet

noun

: a white-rooted beet grown for the sugar in its roots

Illustration of sugar beet

Examples of sugar beet in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

On July 22, Anthropologie launched its exclusive 25-piece collection with Molly Yeh, inspired by her life on a sugar beet farm. — ABC News, 22 July 2026

Inspired by Yeh’s multi-cultural heritage and life on her sugar beet farm, the pieces feature whimsical vegetable motifs, pops of primary colors, and intricate botanical patterns. — Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 July 2026

The soil is peat dark, friable, and gravid with potatoes, onions, sugar beet, lettuce, maize, and wheat that moves in dry, whispering sheets. — Rob Crossan, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 July 2026

Used to be sugar beets, until the factories closed. — Alan Gionet, CBS News, 4 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1817, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for sugar beet

• bittersweet
• incomplete
• indiscreet
• marguerite
• obsolete
• overeat
• overheat
• parakeet
• stillingfleet
• superheat
• amit
• athlete

Kids Definition

sugar beet

noun

: a white-rooted beet grown for the sugar in its roots