onion

IPA: ˈʌnjʌn

A monocotyledonous plant (Allium cepa), allied to garlic, used as vegetable and spice.
The bulb of such a plant.
A plant of the genus Allium as a whole.
(slang, of a drug) An ounce.
(obsolete baseball slang) A ball.
(obsolete, slang) A watch-seal.
(Bermuda, slang) An inhabitant of Bermuda; a Bermudian.
Alternative letter-case form of Onion (“an inhabitant of Bermuda; a Bermudian”) [(Bermuda, slang) An inhabitant of Bermuda; a Bermudian.]

Examples of "onion" in Sentences

Cook, stirring frequently, for about 8 minutes, until the onion is translucent.
Commonly known as nigella, this spice is also found under the name "onion seeds."
Whether eaten hot or cold, the combination of sweet spices and bitter-sweet onion is as comforting as can be.
Heat about 4 Tbs olive oil in a deep, heavy, lidded pot over medium-high heat until hot and sizzling when a piece of onion is dropped in.
Inquiring into their history, I surprisingly found the origin of the term onion dome has eluded historical record, as has the date and origin of the design.
"It's like you're peeling back the layers of an onion," is how Lee, of Children's Hospital Los Angeles, describes a mysterious disease's damage to the tot's eye.
The Latin for a pearl and onion is _unio_, and the pun refers to Cleopatra giving her _pearl_ (or _onion_) to Antony in a draught of wine, or, as some say, drinking it herself in toasting her lover.
Little Missouri the great Missouri is upwards of a mile in width, tho immediately at the entrance of the former it is not more than 200 yards wide and so shallow that the canoes passed it with seting poles. at the distance of nine miles passed the mouth of a creek on the Stard. side which we called onion creek from the quantity of wild onions which grow in the plains on it's borders.