garlic
A plant, Allium sativum, related to the onion, having a pungent bulb much used in cooking.
Noun 2 meanings
A plant, Allium sativum, related to the onion, having a pungent bulb much used in cooking.
A preparation from Allium sativum used as a food ingredient or the flavor or other characteristics of such an ingredient.
Verb 1 meaning
To flavor with garlic.
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”).
GARLIC at a glance
GARLIC has 6 letters and scores 9 points in Scrabble (G 2 + A 1 + R 1 + L 1 + I 1 + C 3) and 12 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #7,917 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with garlic
All rhymes- PUBLIC12
- REPUBLIC14
- CATHOLIC15
- ALCOHOLIC16
- SYMBOLIC17
- METALLIC12
- HYDRAULIC18
- METABOLIC15
- ACRYLIC14
- RELIC7
- PSYCHEDELIC24
- APOSTOLIC13
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