garlic

Speech parts

1. garlic - Noun

2. garlic - Verb

Meaning

A plant of the genus Allium (A. sativum is the cultivated variety), having a bulbous root, a very strong smell, and an acrid, pungent taste. Each root is composed of several lesser bulbs, called cloves of garlic, inclosed in a common membranous coat, and easily separable.

A kind of jig or farce.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

Allium sativum ail allium salt pepper onion cayenne spice beet fungus cinnamon chili seasoning asparagus flavoring
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Hypernyms

seasoning flavoring flavorer allium herb produce

Hyponyms

clove garlic clove

Phrases with the word

stag's garlic garlic chopper garlic crusher garlic dicer garlic gravy garlic knots

Examples

Vulgarity is the garlic in the salad of life. Cyril Connolly

Paranoia's the garlic in life's kitchen, right, you can never have too much. Thomas Pynchon

Avoid at all costs that vile spew you see rotting in oil in screwtop jars. Too lazy to peel fresh? You don't deserve to eat garlic. Anthony Bourdain

Love did not grow any garlic. Armenian Proverb

The garlic said to the onion: 'you stink.' Arabic Proverb

Eat leeks in march, garlic in may, all the rest of the year the doctors may play. English Proverb

Close letter words and terms

garlandry garlandwise garlandy garlic bread garlic butter garlic chewer