clove
US: /ˈkɫoʊv/
UK: /klˈəʊv/
UK: /klˈəʊv/
English Vietnamese dictionary
clove /klouv/
- danh từ
- (thực vật học) cây đinh hương
- đinh hương
- (thực vật học) ánh, hành con (hành tỏi)
- thời quá khứ của cleave
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun
1 [C, U] the dried flower of a tropical tree, used in cooking as a spice, especially to give flavour to sweet foods. Cloves look like small nails.
2 [C] a garlic ~
a ~ of garlic one of the small separate sections of a BULB (= the round underground part) of GARLIC: Use one crushed clove of garlic.
See also -
Thesaurus dictionary
v.
split, divide, cut, cut or chop or hew in two or asunder, bisect, halve, separate, slit, rive:
With a mighty blow the log was cleaved cleanly in two.
Concise English dictionary
cloveskləʊv
noun
+aromatic flower bud of a clove tree; yields a spice
+moderate sized very symmetrical red-flowered evergreen widely cultivated in the tropics for its flower buds which are source of cloves
+one of the small bulblets that can be split off of the axis of a larger garlic bulb
+spice from dried unopened flower bud of the clove tree; used whole or ground
cleft|clove|cloven|cleaves|cleaved|cleaving|clavekliːv
verb
+separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument
+make by cutting into
+come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation
