clove
/kloʊv/
verb
- Past tense of cleave (to split or divide, especially with force).
- She clove the apple neatly with a sharp knife.
- The lumberjack clove the log in two with a single swing of his axe.
- The ship clove through the rough waves during the storm.
noun
- A small, dried flower bud of a tropical tree, used as a spice in cooking and baking.
- She added a pinch of ground clove to the pumpkin pie for extra warmth.
- The recipe calls for whole cloves to be stuck into the ham before baking.
- Clove is a key ingredient in many Indian and Middle Eastern spice blends.
- One of the small sections that make up a bulb of garlic.
- The recipe says to use three cloves of garlic, but I like it with five.
- Crush one clove of garlic and add it to the sauce.
- He peeled a clove of garlic and sliced it thinly for the stir-fry.