Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The stem of a bean plant.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The stem of a bean, or the whole plant: as, Jack and the bean-stalk.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun stem of a bean plant.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The stem of a bean plant, proverbially fast growing and tall.
- noun figuratively, by extension A
tall ,slim person.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun stem of a bean plant
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Examples
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It turned out that the beanstalk was an elemental creature that then proceeded to start destroying neighborhoods.
Take a Look Inside Guillermo del Toro's Hellboy II Diary « FirstShowing.net 2008
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And the beanstalk is the only technology the CU has decided to show us.
Old Mans War 2005
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A novel about the troubles of building a 'beanstalk' or space elevator, which is decent enough - involving the best talent at building large spanning structure around at the time.
Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror: The Web Between the Worlds - Charles Sheffield Blue Tyson 2009
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But they are now delighted after watching its dramatic growth with the "beanstalk" now standing at a towering 14ft1in after growing 10 feet in just four weeks.
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
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Pictured: huge 'beanstalk' sunflower that has grown 10 feet in a month
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
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The final layer of polish for this DVD is, of course, the translation into English, and the subtitles come out just fine (even though they use yet another translation of Otani's nickname for Risa, adding "beanstalk" to a thesaurus that already includes "Amazon" and "jumbo gal").
Anime News Network 2009
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Now, the idea behind the beanstalk is that you connect Colonial Station with the Earth through a 'beanstalk' — a bunch of cables, like those out the window — and a bunch of elevator platforms, like the one we're on now, that can travel back and forth. "
Old Mans War 2005
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Bigby has his suspects, including her ex-boyfriend, Jack of beanstalk fame, and a surprise suitor in Blue Beard.
Getting Graphic: "Fables: Legends in Exile" by Bill Willingham 2009
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Bigby has his suspects, including her ex-boyfriend, Jack of beanstalk fame, and a surprise suitor in Blue Beard.
Archive 2009-11-01 2009
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Any adult would mock someone who claimed to believe that Jack climbed the beanstalk to fetch the hen (let alone would order his life in accordance with the tale, let alone try to force others to so order their lives) Why should fairy tales, or their followers, deemed âreligiousâ get aÂpass?
The Volokh Conspiracy » 1. Science, Faith, and Not Ruling Out Possibilities 2010
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