pearl onion

noun

: a very small usually pickled onion used especially in appetizers and as a garnish

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Soften onions: Reduce heat to medium and add yellow onions and pearl onions to Dutch oven. Liv Dansky, Southern Living, 23 Oct. 2024 But the mashed potatoes and roasted mushrooms, carrots, pearl onions and bacon lardons surrounding the chicken steal the show. Keith Pandolfi, The Enquirer, 15 Mar. 2024 Examples of Christopher's eight-course tasting menu includes a seven day dry-aged Liberty duck with confit pearl onion, celery root and sherry gastrique. Bahar Anooshahr, The Arizona Republic, 12 Feb. 2024 At Uptown Charlotte’s new French brasserie, the coq au vin is braised in a French Burgundy and served with pearl onions, bacon lardons and more. Ben Jarrell, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024 See all Example Sentences for pearl onion 

Word History

First Known Use

1855, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of pearl onion was in 1855

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“Pearl onion.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pearl%20onion. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.

Kids Definition

pearl onion

noun
: a very small onion that is usually pickled

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