onions

Meaning

plural of onion

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onion

  1. A monocotyledonous plant (Allium cepa), allied to garlic, used as vegetable and spice.
  2. The bulb of such a plant.
  3. Any of various plants, mostly of the genus Allium, that are more or less similar to Allium cepa.
  4. (slang) An ounce.
  5. (obsolete, slang) A ball.
  6. (obsolete, slang) A watch-seal.
  7. (alt-of) Alternative letter-case form of Onion (“an inhabitant of Bermuda; a Bermudian”).
  8. (slang) Soy, particularly when used in compound words related to the soy boy stereotype.

Frequency

C1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈʌn.jənz/

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