garlic clove
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1.7
- noun
- /ˈɡɑːrlɪk kloʊv/
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- The garlic cloves are then sliced finely and added to the chicken in a bowl using the olive oil.
- minced garlic cloves
- chopped garlic cloves
- peeled garlic cloves
So we're going to come back up in about a week and we're going to get some garlic cloves or heads of garlic from our local grocery store.
- So we're going to come back up in about a week and we're going to get some garlic cloves or heads of garlic from our local grocery store.
Examples
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4 or 5 fresh garlic cloves, chopped
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To the ground lamb, I added ground beef, one hot Italian sausage, one yellow onion, and four or five garlic cloves.
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Dice your garlic cloves and set aside.
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Oh yeah, I put corn in it and whole garlic cloves for the flavour.
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I'm going to mince a garlic clove and put that in the sauce.
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Smash the garlic cloves with a knife and chop them into a fine paste.
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I sautéed a quarter of an onion and one garlic clove in olive oil.
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Add garlic cloves and large onion sections in the roaster pan, cover tightly with foil, and bake, basting frequently throughout the baking process.
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Cut the onion into wedges and scatter it in the bottom of a roasting tray with the carrots, celery, and garlic cloves (unpeeled).
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To enhance the flavor of the dish, add one minced garlic clove to the sauce.
Synonyms
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2.4
A small piece of garlic you separate from the bulb
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'one of the small segments that make up a garlic bulb' is directly and compositionally derived from the constituents 'garlic' (the plant/bulb) + 'clove' (a small segment). This noun+noun combination is a common, cross-linguistic way to name parts of a whole, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily understand the MWE.
Etymology
Garlic clove names one small piece of a garlic bulb. The word clove comes from how each piece looks like a little 'claw' or 'nail' and is a separate segment with a thin skin, so when a recipe says 'two garlic cloves' it means two of these small pieces.