garlic

nounverbcommon in dialogue

United Kingdom//ˈɡɑːlɪk//
United States//ˈɡɑɹlɪk//
//'gɑː(r)lɪk//

A plant, Allium sativum, related to the onion, having a pungent bulb much used in cooking.

noun

1
A plant, Allium sativum, related to the onion, having a pungent bulb much used in cooking.
Athletes' use of herbal supplements has skyrocketed in the past two decades. At the top of the list of popular herbs are echinacea and ginseng, whereas garlic, St. John's wort, soybean, ephedra and others are also surging in popularity or have been historically prevalent.
2
A preparation from Allium sativum used as a food ingredient or the flavor or other characteristics of such an ingredient.

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”).

verb

1
To flavor with garlic.

Forms

plural: garlics
past tense: garlicked
past participle: garlicked
present participle: garlicking
third person singular: garlics

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