clove - use in sentences

Preposition: of

  • garlic: Add a few cloves of crushed garlic to the onions.

Converse of object

  • chop: For a little more aroma, add a chopped clove of garlic to the onion.
  • grate: For coughs, grate a clove of garlic and mix with honey.
  • crush: Chop 4 shallots and crush a large garlic clove.
  • peel: Rub an ovenproof dish with a peeled garlic clove.
  • slice: And I sliced four cloves of garlic and selected four large bay leaves.
  • mince: Season with salt and pepper then add one minced clove of garlic.

Adjective modifier

  • crushed: Mash the egg yolks and crushed garlic clove and place in a screw top jam jar.
  • fat: Consume lots of garlic - at least two fat cloves of garlic for lunch and two for supper.
  • whole: Insert a whole clove in the center of each diamond.
  • organic: Hand blended in Yorkshire from organic white pepper, organic nutmeg, organic ginger and organic cloves.
  • large: Chop 4 shallots and crush a large garlic clove.
  • small: The bulb consists of several small egg-shaped cloves, enclosed in a white membrane.

Modifies a noun

  • garlic: Stir in a dash of oregano and, if you like yours pungent, one minced clove garlic.
  • hitch: Step by Step Guide Darren Dowling Tie a clove hitch.
  • oil: In the old days, the use of clove oil in an existing large cavity helped.
  • tree: Another tradition, apparently was that clove trees were only planted in the dark of the moon.

Noun used with modifier

  • garlic: The garlic cloves, bought normally for cooking purposes, will produce roots at any time of year.
  • ground: Season the meat with salt, pepper and a dusting of ground cloves.
  • medium: One medium clove of Garlic can equal the antibacterial action equivalent to 1 % penicillin.

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