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- [klohv]
- /kloʊv/
- /kləʊv/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [klohv]
- /kloʊv/
Definitions of clove word
- variable noun clove Cloves are small dried flower buds used as a spice. 3
- countable noun clove A clove of garlic is one of the sections of a garlic bulb. 3
- noun clove Clove is a past tense of cleave. 3
- noun clove a tropical evergreen myrtaceous tree, Syzygium aromaticum, native to the East Indies but cultivated elsewhere, esp Zanzibar 3
- noun clove the dried unopened flower buds of this tree, used as a pungent fragrant spice 3
- noun clove any of the segments of a compound bulb that arise from the axils of the scales of a large bulb 3
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Origin of clove
First appearance:
before 1175 One of the 8% oldest English words
1175-1225; Middle English clow(e), short for clow-gilofre < Old French clou de gilofre. See clou, gillyflower
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Parts of speech for Clove
noun
adjective
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adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
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clove popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 88% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
clove usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for clove
noun clove
- piece — a separate or limited portion or quantity of something: a piece of land; a piece of chocolate.
- segment — one of the parts into which something naturally separates or is divided; a division, portion, or section: a segment of an orange.
- section — a part that is cut off or separated.
- portion — a part of any whole, either separated from or integrated with it: I read a portion of the manuscript.
- fragment — fragmentation
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