garlic

//ˈɡɑːlɪk//

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Verb

A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

Note for garlic

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Forms

Noun
A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Plural: garlics

Verb
A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

present (v1): garlic
past (v2): garlicked
past participle (v3): garlicked
present participle: garlicking
3rd person singular: garlics

Definitions

Noun
A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

1.A plant, Allium sativum, related to the onion, having a pungent bulb much used in cooking.
2.A preparation from Allium sativum used as a food ingredient or the flavor or other characteristics of such an ingredient.

Verb
A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

1.To flavor with garlic.

Frequency

Overall

Uncommon· #3769

By learning goal

Everyday conversation: Rare
General reading & writing: Uncommon
Academic: Rare
Literature: Rare

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English garlek, garlik, from Old English gārlēac (“garlic”, literally “spear-leek”), from gār ("spear"; in reference to its sharp, tapering leaves) + lēac (“leek”).

Cognate with Scots garlic (“garlic”), Faroese geirleykur (“garlic”), Icelandic geirlaukur (“garlic”).

Data sources:

Wiktionary (Wiktextract) (CC BY-SA)
Princeton WordNet (WordNet License)
Tatoeba (CC BY)
COCA / wordfrequency.info (derived frequency bands only)

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NounNoun×A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

VerbVerb×A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

NounNoun×A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

VerbVerb×A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

Overall

By learning goal

Noun
A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Verb
A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

Noun
A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Verb
A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.