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Definition of garlic noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

garlic

noun
 
/ˈɡɑːlɪk/
 
/ˈɡɑːrlɪk/
 [uncountable]
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  1. a vegetable of the onion family with a very strong taste and smell, used in cooking to add taste to food
    • a clove of garlic (= one section of it)
    • Fry the chopped onion and crushed garlic for 3 minutes.
    Topics Foodb1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • fresh
    • raw
    • wild
    • …
    … of garlic
    • clove
    verb + garlic
    • peel
    • chop
    • crush
    • …
    garlic + noun
    • bulb
    • clove
    • bread
    • …
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    Word OriginOld English gārlēac, from gār ‘spear’ (because the shape of a clove resembles the head of a spear) + lēac ‘leek’.
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