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beau-bow

to beat its arch rival.
• beat [bit] an audible pulsation. □ The drumbeat accom-
panied tribal members in their ceremonial dance.
• beet [bit] a garden vegetable with edible leaves and roots. □
Mom's enormous beet won first prize at the state fair.
beau-bow
(See also bough-bow.)
• beau [bo] a boyfriend; a suitor. □ The attention of each new
beau only added to Rita's vanity.
• bow [bo] a ribbon tied in a decorative knot. D On his first
birthday, the child was interested only in the bow on each
present given to him.
• bow [bo] a stick equipped with stretched horsehairs, used to
play stringed musical instruments. D While his violin is an
antique, the bow used to play it is new.
• bow [bo] a curved piece of strong material strung with a cord
and used to shoot arrows. □ The bow and arrows were presented

to the young hunter as a gift on his sixteenth birthday.
beaut-butte
• beaut [bjut] an abbreviation of beauty 'a beautiful person or
thing.' (Slang. Used as an expression of admiration. Often used
sarcastically.) D Your new car is a real beaut.
□ "That black
eye you have is a real beaut!" exclaimed Jeff.
• butte [bjut] a large, solitary hill with steep sides and a small,
flat top. Fr
□ om a distance, the butte appeared to be a rectan-
gular box sitting on the horizon.
bee See the main entry beginning with be.
beech See the main entry beginning with beach.

been-bin
• been [bm] the past participle of be 'to exist.' D To have been
able to sail around the world was, he felt, his greatest oppor-
tunity in life.
At
• bin [bm] a storage container. □ the end of the harvest,

each bin was filled to capacity with com.
beer-bier
• beer [b1;:r.] a fermented alcoholic beverage. D Brewers spend
thousands of dollars each year advertising beer on T.V.
• bier [bra,,] a platform on which a corpse or a coffin is placed.
□ The body of the chief was set high on a bier in the wilderness.
beet See the main entry beginning with beat.

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