onion

393 1.0

A round vegetable with layers and a strong taste used in cooking

noun
/ˈʌnjən/

: cebolla

Little cilantro, a little pork, little onion, little hot sauce.
onions and garlic
chop onions
add onions

Next hack is a green onion cutting pack.

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Examples

I felt he put in too many onions, but it was a good sauce anyway.

Fiction book (1990)
I will add some onions and I cut up carrots.

Evan Carmichael
It's not this nice, but they got great onion rings.

L!fe Happens (2011)
All of my giant onions are doing very well.
Now let's add the onion and the garlic.
But I always want lettuce and onion on that sandwich.
When the water boils, stir in the onion along with the corn kernels.

Academic text (1992)
In the United States, cultivated onion and garlic crops are worth more than $900 million annually.

Academic text (1998)
We are adding carrots, celery, onions and mushrooms.

Stanford
Now let's add the onion and the garlic to the sauce for extra flavor.

Synonyms

Allium cepa

vsonion

Specialized

4.8

A plant like a common onion that has a round edible bulb

is the everyday cooking name rather than the scientific term

Idioms

to peel the onion

Informal

1 7.6

Carefully look at a problem step by step to find its real cause

to eat the onion

Informal

9.6

To face a difficult or unpleasant problem without avoiding it

Compounds

green onion

12 1.1

A young onion with a long green stalk and mild taste eaten raw in salads

red onion

10 1.0

An onion with red skin and a mild sweet taste used raw in salads

onion bagel

2 1.0

A round bread roll made with onion and often eaten for breakfast

pearl onion

1 3.2

A small round onion with a mild sweet taste used whole in cooking

spring onion

1 2.1

A young onion with a small bulb and long green stalks used raw or cooked

Vidalia onion

1 3.6

A sweet onion from Georgia, USA with a mild, delicate taste

wild onion

1 3.8

A wild plant like a small onion with edible bulbs and a strong smell

Bermuda onion

1 5.1

A large mild flat onion with pale skin often eaten raw or cooked

Hooker's onion

Specialized

1 8.8

A wild plant with a strong onion smell and pink flowers on a stalk

onion roll

1 2.7

A soft bread roll with pieces of onion inside or on top

onion salt

1 1.1

Salt mixed with dried onion that adds flavor to food

onion dome

1 8.6

A dome shaped like a bulb often found on Russian churches

Spanish onion

1 2.2

A large mild onion with sweet, juicy layers that you eat raw in salads and on sandwiches

brown onion sauce

2.5

A brown sauce made from fried onions, wine or vinegar, and parsley, served with meat

climbing onion

South African

9.9

A South African climbing plant with bright green stems and large bulbs grown for decoration

Egyptian onion

7.2

A kind of onion that makes little bulbs on top of its stem and spreads by them

flowering onion

7.0

A garden plant with round white flower clusters grown for decoration

multiplier onion

Specialized

8.5

A garden plant that makes many small mild bulbs used for cooking

nodding onion

8.5

A wild North American plant with a small onion bulb and drooping white or pink flowers

nodding wild onion

8.6

A wild onion plant with drooping white to pink flowers

purple onion

2.0

A round vegetable with purple skin and a mild, slightly sweet taste often eaten raw in salads or on burgers

red-skinned onion

2.4

A vegetable with red outer skin that people eat raw or cooked

onion mildew

Specialized

5.0

A disease that makes onion leaves and stems turn grey and fuzzy

onion plant

1.0

A plant with a round bulb you can eat and long hollow leaves

onion smut

Specialized

9.3

A disease caused by a fungus that makes black blisters on onion leaves and young plants

onion thrips

Specialized

9.3

A small insect that eats onion plants and sometimes tobacco, damaging crops

onion yellow dwarf

Specialized

7.4

A virus that makes onion plants small and their leaves turn yellow

onion bread

2.5

Bread made with small chopped onions mixed into the dough

onion butter

2.7

Soft butter mixed with small pieces of onion used to add flavor to food

onion louse

Specialized

9.9

A small insect that eats and harms onion and tobacco plants

onion yellow-dwarf virus

Specialized

6.2

A virus that makes onion plants grow poorly and their leaves turn yellow

sea onion

9.9

A small European plant with blue or purple flowers grown in gardens

sea onion

9.9

A tall Mediterranean plant with dense white flower spikes and a bulb used in medicine

top onion

Specialized

9.0

A plant that makes small bulbs at the top instead of flowers and gives young shoots for salads

tree onion

8.9

A plant that makes small bulbs on top of its stem used in salads

Welsh onion

3.1

A plant with long green stems and small white bulbs used in cooking for a mild onion taste

white onion sauce

3.0

A creamy sauce of cooked onions mixed with a smooth white sauce and cream

How Strong

onion salt

1 1.1

onion

393 1.0

shallot

28 3.4

green onion

12 1.1

Surface Forms

onion singular

onions plural

Etymology

Onion comes from the Latin word unio, which means 'one' or 'single'. People used this word because the plant grows as a single round bulb, so remembering unio as 'one' helps you see why an onion is a single, round vegetable.