garlic
/ˈɡɑːlɪk//ˈɡɑɹlɪk/
garlic noun: a plant, Allium sativum, related to the onion, having a pungent bulb much used in cooking.
Noun
garlic (countable and uncountable, plural garlics)
- A plant, Allium sativum, related to the onion, having a pungent bulb much used in cooking.
- Athletes' use of herbal supplements has skyrocketed in the past two decades. At the top of the list of popular herbs are echinacea and ginseng, whereas garlic, St. John's wort, soybean, ephedra and others are also surging in popularity or have been historically prevalent.2013 March, David S. Senchina, “Athletics and Herbal Supplements”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 2, archived from the original on 16 May 2013, page 134
- A preparation from Allium sativum used as a food ingredient or the flavor or other characteristics of such an ingredient.
Verb
garlic (third-person singular simple present garlics, present participle garlicking, simple past and past participle garlicked)
- To flavor with garlic.
- […]then through the sunned gathering of her marjoram and sweet basil from the herb garden, reading of book reviews in the latest Scientific American, into the layering of a lasagna, garlicking of a bread, tearing up of romaine leaves, eventually, oven on, into the mixing of the twilight's whisky...1966 March, Thomas Pynchon, chapter 1, in The Crying of Lot 49, New York, N.Y.: Bantam Books, published November 1976, →ISBN, page 2
garlic meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
garlic in Hindi
- plant
- लहसुन lahsun
garlic in Tamil
- plant
- பூண்டு pūṇṭu
garlic in Marathi
- plant
- लसूण lasūṇ
garlic in Urdu
- plant
- لَہْسَن lahsan
More languagesFewer languages
- garlic in Bengali
- রসুন rośun
- garlic in Telugu
- వెల్లుల్లి vellulli, తెల్లగడ్డ tellagaḍḍa, ఎల్లిగడ్డ elligaḍḍa, లశునము laśunamu
- garlic in Malayalam
- വെളുത്തുള്ളി veḷuttuḷḷi
- garlic in Kannada
- ಬೆಳ್ಳುಳ್ಳಿ beḷḷuḷḷi
- garlic in Punjabi
- ਥੋਮ thom, ਲਸਣ lasaṇ, تھوم thom, لَسَݨ lasaṇ
- garlic in Gujarati
- લસણ lasaṇ
- garlic in Odia
- ରସୁଣ
- garlic in Sanskrit
- लशुन laśuna
- garlic in Sinhala
- සුදු ලූනු sudu lūnu, සුදුළූණු suduḷūṇu
- garlic in Assamese
- নহৰু nohoru
- garlic in Nepali
- लसुन lasuna
- garlic in Pashto
- هوږه húẓa, اوږه oẓá
- garlic in Tagalog
- bawang
- garlic in Arabic
- ثُوم ṯūm, ثُومَة ṯūma
- garlic in Malay
- bawang putih, dasun
- garlic in Indonesian
- bawang putih
- garlic in Thai
- กระเทียม grà-tiiam
- garlic in Vietnamese
- tỏi
- garlic in Myanmar
- ကြက်သွန်ဖြူ krakswanhpru
- Kashmiri
- رۆہن rohn
- Dzongkha
- སྐྱ་སྒོགཔ skya sgogp
Examples of garlic in a sentence
- The flavors of the pepper and garlic complement each other, giving a very rich taste in combination.
- To make hummus you need to blend chickpeas, olive oil, lemon juice and garlic.
- The dish was OK, but the garlic slightly overpowered the herbs.
Forms of garlic
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | garlics |
| alternative form (obsolete) | garlick |
| alternative form (obsolete) | garlicke |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | garlics |
| present participle | garlicking |
| past participle | garlicked |
| past | garlicked |
Origin of garlic
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”).
Words formed from garlic
- bear's garlic
- bear garlic
- black garlic
- broadleaf garlic
- broad-leaved garlic
- Canadian garlic
- clove of garlic
- crow garlic
- daffodil garlic
- elephant garlic
- false garlic
- field garlic
- garlic bread
- garlic butter
- garlic chewer
- garlic chive
- garlic clove
- garlic crusher
- garlic fingers
- garlic-germander
- garlic knot
- garlicky
- garlicless
- garliclike
- garlicmonger
- garlic mustard
- garlic pear
- garlic-pear
- garlic-peartree
- garlic powder
- garlic press
- garlic root
- garlic-sage
- garlic salt
- garlic sausage
- garlic scroll
- garlic soup
- garlic toad
- garlic toast
- garlic treaclewort
- garlic-tree
- garlic vine
- garlicwort
- garlion
- giant garlic
- golden garlic
- hard-necked garlic
- hedge garlic
- hog's garlic
- Italian garlic
- jarlic
- keeled garlic
- Levant garlic
- meadow garlic
- Naples garlic
- Neapolitan garlic
- Oriental garlic
- peel-garlic
- pilgarlick
- pilled-garlic
Phrases with garlic
- rosy garlic
- wild garlic
- wood garlic
- garlic knots
- garlic pears
- garlic salts
- garlic vines
- garlic breads
- garlic chives
- garlic toasts
- garlic butters
- garlic chewers
6 more phrasesFewer phrases
Words that rhyme with garlic
Questions about garlic
- What does garlic mean?
- Garlic means a plant, Allium sativum, related to the onion, having a pungent bulb much used in cooking.
- What is garlic in Hindi?
- Garlic in Hindi is लहसुन (lahsun). See Garlic meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is garlic?
- Garlic can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce garlic?
- Garlic is pronounced /ˈɡɑːlɪk/ (UK).
- What is the plural of garlic?
- The plural of garlic is garlics.
Words near garlic in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: garlic (page history and authors); garlic (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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