clove

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English

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Cloves (1).

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -əʊv

Etymology 1

From Middle English clove, an alteration of earlier clowe, borrowed from the first component of Old French clou (de girofle), from Latin clāvus (“nail”) for its shape. Also see clāva (“knotty branch, club”).

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Noun

clove (countable and uncountable, plural cloves)

  1. (uncountable, countable) A very pungent aromatic spice, the unexpanded flower bud of the clove tree.
  2. (countable) A clove tree, of the species Syzygium aromaticum (syn. Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.), native to the Moluccas (Indonesian islands), which produces the spice.
  3. (countable) An old English measure of weight, containing 7 pounds (3.2 kg), i.e. half a stone.
    • 1843, The Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge p. 202.
      Seven pounds make a clove, 2 cloves a stone, 2 stone a tod 6+1⁄2 tods a wey, 2 weys a sack, 12 sacks a last. The 'Pathway' points out the etymology of the word cloves; it calls them ' claves or nails.' It is to be observed here that a sack is 13 tods, and a tod 28 pounds, so that the sack is 364 pounds.
    • 1866, James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, volume 1, page 169:
      By a statute of 9 Hen. VI. it was ordained that the wey of cheese should contain 32 cloves of 7 lbs. each, i.e. 224 lbs., or 2 cwts.
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English clove, from Old English clufu, cognate with cleofan (“to split”), hence with the verbal etymology hereafter.

Peeled cloves of garlic

Noun

clove (plural cloves)

  1. Any one of the separate bulbs that make up the larger bulb of garlic
Translations

Etymology 3

Verb

clove

  1. simple past of cleave

Etymology 4

Borrowed from Dutch kloof.

Noun

clove (plural cloves)

  1. (geography) A narrow valley with steep sides, used in areas of North America first settled by the Dutch

Usage notes

Anagrams

Interlingue

Noun

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  1. nail (fastener)

Middle English

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old English clufu, clofu; compare cleven.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

clove (plural cloves)

  1. clove (bulb of garlic)
Descendants
  • English: clove
  • Scots: clow
References

Etymology 2

From Old French clou de girofle.

Noun

clove

  1. Alternative form of clowe

Etymology 3

From Old English clofen, past participle of clēofan.

Noun

clove

  1. Alternative form of cloven

Etymology 4

From Old English clēaf, 1st- and 3rd- person simple past singular of clēofan, with the vowel from the past participle.

Verb

clove

  1. simple past singular of cleven (“to split”)
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