1
: a European allium (Allium sativum) widely cultivated for its pungent compound bulbs much used in cookery
broadly
: allium
2
: a bulb of garlic
Examples of garlic in a Sentence
The recipe calls for two cloves of garlic, minced.
a pasta dish flavored with basil and garlic
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Add the garlic and stir until fragrant, about 30 seconds more.
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Push tomatoes to outer edges of dish and place garlic and herb cheese in center of dish.
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Blend the garlic and ginger into a paste, then add to the onions.
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Shivani Vora, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
Add the garlic and stir until fragrant, about 30 seconds more.
—Lynda Balslev, The Mercury News, 3 Mar. 2025
Push tomatoes to outer edges of dish and place garlic and herb cheese in center of dish.
—Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 2 Mar. 2025
Blend the garlic and ginger into a paste, then add to the onions.
—Jessica Fields, Essence, 28 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for garlic
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“Garlic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/garlic. Accessed 15 Mar. 2025.
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garlic
noun
gar·lic
ˈgär-lik 
: a European bulbous herb of the genus Allium (A. sativum) widely cultivated for its pungent compound bulbs much used in cookery
also
: one of the bulbs
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