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# onion

«onion» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **A round vegetable with layers, papery brown, red or white…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (an onion, onions)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A round vegetable with layers, papery brown, red or white skin and a strong smell and taste, used in cooking. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/onion/#m1)

2) The plant this vegetable grows from; the onion is a bulb that grows under the ground. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/onion/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Interpretation: The Israelites in the wilderness longed for Egyptian foods like onions, and the rabbis read this as complaining and missing slavery's small pleasures. In the primary lessons: In science, an onion is a bulb: it stores food in its layers so the plant can grow again; onion skin is used under the microscope to see plant cells clearly. Cutting onions makes your eyes water because they release a gas that irritates your eyes. In cooking, onions are used in soups, sauces and salads; spring onions (scallions in the USA and Ireland) are young onions. In safety, use a knife only with an adult's help, and keep onions away from dogs and cats because they are poisonous to pets. Phrases: "chop an onion", "onion rings", "spring onion", "layers like an onion", "French onion soup".

### examples

- We remember the fish, which we were wont to eat in Egypt for nought; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlic; (Torah NUM.11.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/onion/#x1)
- Chopping onions makes my eyes water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/onion/#x2)
- We looked at onion skin cells under the microscope. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/onion/#x3)
- Mum fried the onions until they were soft and golden. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/onion/#x4)
- An onion is a bulb that grows underground. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/onion/#x5)
- Never feed onions to your dog; they can make it ill. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/onion/#x6)
- Ogres are like onions — they have layers! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/onion/#x7)
- I like onion rings with my burger. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/onion/#x8)
- Spring onions are thin and green at the top. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/onion/#x9)
- The first thing he saw was Mr. McGregor hoeing onions. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/onion/#x10)

### note

Use "an": an onion (starts with a vowel sound "un"). Countable: one onion, two onions. Pronounced "UN-yun". In maths recipe problems, "2 onions for 4 people" means 1 onion for 2 people, so 3 onions for 6 people.

### In the corpora

- [An onion is a bulb whose layers are swollen leaves storing food for next year's growth.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/57-roots-stems-and-leaves/13/)
- [The moonrat smells strongly of garlic or onion, and despite its name it is not a rat but a cousin of the hedgehog.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/161-borneo-orangutans-proboscis-monkeys-and-the-biggest-flower/11/)
- [Daffodil bulbs are poisonous and have made people sick when mixed up with onions, so bulbs and onions should be kept apart.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/392-poisonous-plants-to-stay-away-from-berries-foxglove-yew-and-nightshade/15/)
- [The Mole shouted «Onion-sauce!](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/25-willows-ch1-part1-the-mole-meets-the-river/17/)
- [Slow cooking breaks down the sharp chemicals in onions and lets their sugars brown, so they turn soft and sweet.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/10-cooking-is-chemistry/12/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «onion» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/onion/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.