Phrase Hound found 42 phrases and 7 compound words that contain onions. The most common are listed below. Open onions in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 42
- green onionsplural of green onion: A species of onion (Allium fistulosum) with slender bulbs; originally Asian, now worldwide.
- liver and onionsA cooked meal consisting of liver fillets with onions, especially sliced, and other seasoning.
- Bermuda onionsplural of Bermuda onion: A variety of sweet onion grown on the island of Bermuda.
- red onionsplural of red onion: A type of onion with reddish purplish skin.
- Spanish onionsplural of Spanish onion: A relatively large variety of the onion, yellow or white in colour and with a mild, sweet flavour.
- spring onionsplural of spring onion: A species of onion (Allium fistulosum) with slender bulbs; originally Asian, now worldwide.
- Welsh onionsplural of Welsh onion: Any of species Allium fistulosum of onions, probably native to eastern Asia, widely cultivated.
- wild onionsplural of wild onion: Any of a large number of noncultivated plants that smell similar to, or otherwise resemble, domesticated onions, especially in the genus Allium.
- yellow onionsplural of yellow onion: A dry onion with a strong flavor and papery yellowish skin.
- flaming onionsplural of flaming onion: A 37 mm Hotchkiss revolving-barrel anti-aircraft gun used by the German army at the beginning of World War I.
- multiplier onionsplural of multiplier onion: The potato onion.
- tripe and onionsNonsense; folly.
- is someone cutting onionsDrawing attention to somebody crying, or to a sad moment that makes one want to cry.
- ninjas cutting onionsA lighthearted excuse for why one is crying.
- know one's onionsSynonym of know one's stuff, to be knowledgeable about a given subject or task.
- chop onionsTo lead someone to cry, often in relief after a long struggle, or in response to a story involving third parties.
- Bristol onionsplural of Bristol onion: A species of onion, Allium sphaerocephalon, found only on the slopes of the Avon Gorge
- brown onionsplural of brown onion: yellow onion
- Canada onionsplural of Canada onion: A perennial plant, (Allium canadense), native to eastern North America.
- cocktail onionsplural of cocktail onion: A pearl onion or other sweet onion seasoned and pickled in brine, used as a cocktail garnish.
- desert onionsplural of desert onion: Allium macropetalum, a species of wild onion.
- glass onionsplural of glass onion: A large hand-blown glass bottle used aboard ships to hold wine or brandy.
- Johnny onionsA Breton agricultural labourer who travelled through English cities selling onions from a bicycle.
- pearl onionsplural of pearl onion: A kind of small white onion (Allium ampeloprasum var. sectivum), often pickled.
- potato onionsplural of potato onion: A variety of onion, similar to the shallot but producing larger bulbs.
Compound words 7
- bandonionsplural of bandonion: A small Latin American accordion played with buttons which is frequently used in tango ensembles.
- bellonionsplural of bellonion: A mechanical musical instrument consisting of twenty-four trumpets and two kettle drums.
- buckyonionsplural of buckyonion: A concentric multishell fullerene structure.
- coronionsplural of coronion: The tip of the coronoid process of the mandible.
- koronionsplural of koronion: The tip of the coronoid process of the mandible.
- octonionsplural of octonion: An 8-dimensional nonassociative extension of a quaternion with a real part and 7 imaginary parts (each a real multiple of a distinct square root of −1).
- onionseedAlternative form of onion seed: The strong-flavored seed of black caraway or nigella (Nigella sativa), which is deep black with flat sides, like those of the onion.