garlic
noun /ˈɡɑːlɪk/
/ˈɡɑːrlɪk/
[uncountable]- a vegetable of the onion family with a very strong taste and smell, used in cooking to add taste to food
enlarge image- a clove of garlic (= one section of it)
- Fry the chopped onion and crushed garlic for 3 minutes.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- fresh
- raw
- wild
- …
- clove
- peel
- chop
- crush
- …
- bulb
- clove
- bread
- …
Word OriginOld English gārlēac, from gār ‘spear’ (because the shape of a clove resembles the head of a spear) + lēac ‘leek’.
