clove

CEFRB2

/kləʊv/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A small section of a garlic bulb.

  2. 02

    noun

    A spice made from the dried flower bud of a tree.

Examples

  • A clove cigarette miasma made navigating the pub like swimming underwater.

  • Is eating a clove of garlic every day beneficial to your health?

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
2

Also pronounced

  • /kloʊv/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A clove tree, of the species Syzygium aromaticum (syn. Caryophyllus aromaticus), native to the Moluccas (Indonesian islands), which produces the spice.

  2. An old English measure of weight, containing 7 pounds (3.2 kg), i.e. half a stone.

  3. A very pungent aromatic spice, the unexpanded flower bud of the clove tree.

More examples

In context

  • clove of garlic, garlic clove, clove of a sea-onion, clove of shallot, cloves of bulbs

  • By a statute of 9 Hen. VI. it was ordained that the wey of cheese should contain 32 cloves of 7 lbs. each, i.e. 224 lbs., or 2 cwts.

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Origin

noun

From Middle English clove, an alteration of earlier clowe, borrowed from the first component of Old French clou (de girofle) (modern French clou de girofle), from Latin clāvus (“nail”) for its shape. Also see clāva (“knotty branch, club”). Doublet of clou and clavus.