🇬🇧 Clove meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

A clove is one of the little curved pieces that together make a whole garlic bulb. If you pull apart a head of garlic, it breaks into many small sections, and each of those sections is called a clove. People use one or more cloves of garlic to add strong flavor and smell to food.

I thought a clove of garlic was candy, but the second I bit it, my taste buds called the police.

Grandma said, “Add one clove of garlic,” so I added five, and now even the neighbors can smell our dinner.

My cat sniffed a clove of garlic, made a disgusted face, and walked away like I had insulted her ancestors.

I tried to juggle three cloves of garlic and accidentally invented a new kind of air freshener.

A clove of garlic is so small, but it can make your whole house smell like an Italian restaurant for three days.

She sat at the kitchen table and peeled a clove, then fumbled for a second clove and a third clove and laughed at the thin skin. She crushed a clove under a knife and dropped a clove into the sizzling oil. The warm sharp smell brought her home; she smiled and set the table.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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