black bean

noun

1

: a black kidney bean commonly used in Latin American cuisine

2

: a black soybean commonly used usually fermented in east Asian cuisine

Examples of black bean in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

While many meats do offer much higher protein counts, other foods like lentils, greek yogurt, cottage cheese, milk, black beans and peanut butter do, as well. —Hannah Yasharoff, USA Today, 14 Aug. 2025

Stir in black beans and tomatoes; remove from heat. —Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 12 Aug. 2025

Guadarrama recruited one of my friends to help lift the heavy metal lid, then pulled out a huge slab of pork wrapped in agave leaves, followed by a silver pot of black beans that had been absorbing the flavors and fats dripping from above. —Naomi Tomky, Travel + Leisure, 12 Aug. 2025

Youngman felt a few of the recipes didn’t quite work, like a Spiced Salmon with Mango Salsa in which the ratio of purple sweet potatoes to black beans and bell peppers felt off, and the addition of Cotija cheese with the fish wasn’t to Youngman’s taste. —Alaina Chou, Bon Appetit Magazine, 22 July 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1569, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for black bean

• agin
• alkene
• allene
• ameen
• amin
• amine
• arene
• athene
• baleen
• beeline
• benzene
• between

Kids Definition

black bean

noun

1

: a black kidney bean commonly used in Latin American cooking

2

: a black soybean commonly used usually fermented in east Asian cooking