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

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

His wealthy Northern French family’s fortune was founded on sugar beets; even today, their beautifully packaged, fancy La Perruche sugar cubes look hand-cut. — Joan Juliet Buck, Air Mail, 30 May 2026

In the Western Slope, Latino workers were the muscle behind the building of railroad lines and the growth of the sugar beet industry in the early 20th century. — Ernesto Sagás, The Conversation, 26 May 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