onion

Definition

  • noun: a round vegetable that is usually white, yellow, or red and has a strong smell and taste
  • noun: a widely cultivated Asian herb ('Allium cepa') of the lily family with pungent edible bulbs

Examples

  • He is growing 'onions' in the garden this year.

  • The recipe calls for chopped 'onions'.

  • The recipe calls for chopped 'onion'.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) the Duke of bootleg. What's it to you, Wilde? Shouldn't you be melting down a pawpsicle or something? - Hey, if it isn't flopsy the copsie. - We both know those weren't moldy onions I caught you stealing. What were you gonna do with those Nighthowlers, Weselton? It's Weaselton, Duke Weaselton. (..)
    2016 Zootopia
  • (..) - Hopps! Abandoning your post. Inciting a scurry. Reckless endangerment of rodents... But, to be fair, you did stop a master criminal from stealing two dozen moldy onions. Hate to disagree with you, sir, but those aren't onions. Those are .. called midnicampum holisithius(?). (..)
    2016 Zootopia