Used in a Sentence

onion

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for onion.

Editorial note

How could you be so sure that some regular onion (breed that was created decade ago) is safe?

Examples18
Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

A monocotyledonous plant (Allium cepa), allied to garlic, used as vegetable and spice.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of onion gathered in one view.

noun

A monocotyledonous plant (Allium cepa), allied to garlic, used as vegetable and spice.

noun

The bulb of such a plant.

noun

Any of various plants, mostly of the genus Allium, that are more or less similar to Allium cepa.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for onion.

noun

A monocotyledonous plant (Allium cepa), allied to garlic, used as vegetable and spice.

noun

Any of various plants, mostly of the genus Allium, that are more or less similar to Allium cepa.

noun

Alternative letter-case form of Onion (“an inhabitant of Bermuda; a Bermudian”). [(Bermuda, slang) An inhabitant of Bermuda; a Bermudian.]

Example sentences

1

How could you be so sure that some regular onion (breed that was created decade ago) is safe?

2

This is an unavoidable constraint for onion routing protocols built into the network layer [29, 42].

3

Is there a chance that somehow The Onion has hijacked DNS for the Times and redirected it to a spoof site?

4

So this leads to an interpretation of the law where no court in America can issue a search warrant on a.onion address.

5

I told my friend the other day, Saigon is like an onion wrapped around a sweet lychee.

6

I'd actually argue that the search is valid if the state has a TOR access node located within it because the.onion address is what is being probed via TOR.

7

His State of the Onion addresses all blend surrealism and technicality quite aptly.

8

Big difference with this scenario though as this article had an intention to deceive, the onion makes it very clear it is satire.

9

One thing I suspect widespread use of onion routing will need are compatible anonymous reputation systems.

10

Probably 80% of the onion links I click don't even load, and since I'm not looking to buy drugs or criminal services exploring the.onion domain is generally a complete waste of time.

11

But if you're not after forbidden fruit, then the user experience of Tor is pretty bad (not due to some fundamental flaw of Tor, but the.onion ecosystem).

12

They would see that you were communicating (because by necessity, all your stuff passes through them) but not who to, because they couldn't strip off the next layer of the onion.

Quote examples

1

Slightly off topic, but has there been any "State on the Onion" updates since 2007[0]?

2

BMW, Mercedes, Nissan, VW, Ford and Fiat all have fully electric cars." BMW has an i3 that is basically an Onion article parody version of an electric car.

3

In 2008 there was a Onion headline "Junior Senator Returns From Backpacking In Scandinavia With Obnoxiously Broad Perspective On Infrastructure Reform", but I can't find a working link to it.

4

From top of the Tor Project's "Who uses Tor?" page: "Tor was originally designed, implemented, and deployed as a third-generation onion routing project of the Naval Research Laboratory.[0] It was originally developed with the U.

Proper noun examples

1

Was hoping against hope this was actually the Onion's (clickhole) version of almost the same story.

2

Am I the only one that thought the link for this headline would go to The Onion, not The Grey Lady?

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use onion in a sentence?

How could you be so sure that some regular onion (breed that was created decade ago) is safe?

What does onion mean?

A monocotyledonous plant (Allium cepa), allied to garlic, used as vegetable and spice.

What part of speech is onion?

onion is commonly used as noun.