onion

Meanings

Plural: onions

Noun

the bulb of an onion plant
bulbous plant having hollow leaves cultivated worldwide for its rounded edible bulb
an aromatic flavorful vegetable
A monocotyledonous plant (Allium cepa), allied to garlic, used as vegetable and spice.
The bulb of such a plant.
A plant of the genus Allium as a whole.
An ounce.
A ball.
A watch-seal.
Alternative letter-case form of Onion (“an inhabitant of Bermuda; a Bermudian”).
Soy, particularly when used in compound words related to the soy boy stereotype.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English onyoun, oynoun, from Old French oignon, from Latin ūniōnem, accusative of ūniō (“onion”), which had also been borrowed into Old English as yne, ynnelēac (“onion”) (> Middle English hynne-leac, henne-leac). Also displaced Middle English knelek (literally “knee-leek”) and the inherited term ramsons.
* (soy): Stems from a 4chan word filter which changes the word soy to onions. The word filter was implemented in relation to the "alpha onion eater" meme, which is depicted as the direct opposite of the soy boy.

Synonyms

Allium cepa, onion plant, violet

Scrabble Score: 5

onion is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
onion is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
onion is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 7

onion is a valid Words With Friends word