onion

Definitions

1. An inhabitant of Bermuda; a Bermudian.
   slang
2. A monocotyledonous plant (Allium cepa), allied to garlic, used as vegetable and spice
3. A monocotyledonous plant (Allium cepa), allied to garlic, used as vegetable and spice.
4. The bulb of such a plant
5. The bulb of such a plant.
6. Any of various plants, mostly of the genus Allium, that are more or less similar to Allium cepa
7. Any of various plants, mostly of the genus Allium, that are more or less similar to Allium cepa.
8. Of a drug, an ounce
9. Of a drug, an ounce.
   slang
10. A ball
11. A ball.
    obsolete, slang
12. A watch-seal.
    obsolete, slang
13. Alternative letter-case form of Onion (“an inhabitant of Bermuda; a Bermudian”).
    alt-of
14. Soy, particularly when used in compound words related to the soy boy stereotype.
    slang

Equivalents

48 more languages

العربيةالبصلبصل

Беларускаяцыбулінацыбуля

Българскилу́ковица

Bosanskičepacrni luklukглавицалукцрни лук+ 3 more

Catalàceba

Češtinacibule

Cymraegnionynwinwns

Danskløg

Ελληνικάκρεμμύδι

Esperantobulbo

Eestisibul

Euskaratipula

Suomilaukatlaukkasipulisipulit+ 1 more

Gaeilgeoinniún

Gàidhliguinnean

Galegocebola

ગુજરાતીડુંગળી

עבריתבצל

हिन्दीकांदापलाण्डुप्याज़

Hrvatskičepacrni luklukглавицалукцрни лук+ 3 more

Bahasa Indonesiabawang bombai

Igboayọ

Italianocipolla

日本語オニオンネギ属玉葱

Қазақ тіліпияз

한국어다마네기양파

Latinaaliumcaepacaepecepa+ 1 more

Latviešusīpols

Te Reo Māoririki

Македонскиглавица

मराठीकांदा

Bahasa Melayubawang

Maltibasla

Polskicebulacebulowyczosnek

Românăceapă

Русскийголовкалу́ковица

Ikinyarwandaigitunguru

සිංහලලූණුලූනු

Српскиčepacrni luklukглавицалукцрни лук+ 3 more

Svenskagubbröra

Kiswahilikitunguu

తెలుగుఉల్లిపాయ

ไทยหอมใหญ่

Tagalogsibuyas

Türkçebasalsoğan

Українськацибули́нацибуля

Tiếng Việthành tây

中文洋蔥 /洋葱洋蔥頭 /洋葱头蔥頭 /葱头

Examples

“Some of the weeds that cause an undesirable flavor in milk are: onion, tarweed, scaleweed, garlic, mustard, pepper grass.”

“To get⟳ started, how about creating an edible window box? Sowed in the spring⟳, salad seeds like⟳ radish, lettuce and spring⟳ onion will germinate so quickly that you'll be harvesting a crop in a month or two.”

“My eyes are stinging from the chopped onions.”

“Among the ancient Greeks, onions are most frequently mentioned as a stimulus to sexual desire.”

“dorrẹ̅, dōrī adj. & n. […] cook⟳. glazed with a yellow substance; pome(s ~, sopes ~. […] 1381 Pegge Cook⟳. Recipes p. 114: For to make⟳ Soupys dorry. Nym onyons […] Nym wyn […] toste wyte bred and do yt in dischis, and god Almande mylk.”

“Goulash, a local favorite, was brought up-to-date with seared grass-fed rib-eye, stewed cippolini onions and roasted cherry tomatoes.”

“Many onions are delicious; domesticated onions such as Allium cepa and Allium fistulosum are especially good, but even wild onions such as Allium canadense and Allium validum are nice in small doses.”

“[…] M was a Magsman, frequenting Pall-Mall; / N was a Nose that turned chirp on his pal; / O was an Onion, possessed by a swell; / P was a Pannie, done niblike and well. […]”

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