onion
- noun
- A2
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A round vegetable with a strong taste and smell, made of layers inside a thin dry skin, used in cooking.
Chop one onion finely and fry it in a little oil.
My eyes always water when I peel onions.
She added rings of raw onion to the sandwich.
We grow onions and garlic in the back garden.
Common collocations: chop an onion · fry onions · a slice of onion · red onion · spring onion
Part of: Vegetables, Cooking, The garden
Forms
- plural
- onions