Meaning of beetrooty | Babel Free
Definitions
- Resembling or characteristic of beetroot in color, texture, etc.
- Containing beetroot.
Examples
“"She's coming out," screamed the smallest boy, with the whitest face⟳, the most beetrooty nose, the thinnest blouse, and the most precocious intellect ever seen or heard of.”
“The exertion of walking in a tight dress over rough fields made her momentarily more beetrooty.”
“Swelling up with a beetrooty apoplectic rage, the Councillor seized the white silk chair and, swinging it by the arms, banged it violently against the floor […]”
“The soup makes a good starter: Ukrainian barszcz (£4.50) is a rich, beetrooty affair.”
“Innocent, sandy, smiling, smelling of clove cigarettes and beetrooty hamburgers and a faraway sea.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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