oniony C2+ Topic:Food & Drink US /ˈʌnjəni/ UK /ˈʌnjəni/ See IPA manual Freq #180783 Meanings 1 adj Resembling an onion or onions, especially in terms of smell. The leaves of the Salad leek possess a somewhat oniony taste and smell, and are extensively eaten raw as a relish. 2 adj Flavoured with onions. No more will the messenger boy, the rounder, or the girl about town be able to indulge in the oniony hamburger, the last year’s chicken sandwich, or any of the other edibles and indigestibles furnished by the wheeled commissaries. 3 adj Resembling or characteristic of the satirical news website The Onion. Many of these submissions were deleted for not having “an oniony quality” (seeming more like satire than news, not just a funny title) or being from an unreliable news source. Thesaurus Synonyms 2 adj · flavoured with onions. onioned Word family Derived forms onioniness Etymology From onion + -y. In sense 3, after the mock news outlet The Onion. Topics Food & Drink External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # oniony **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˈʌnjəni/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈʌnjəni/ **Frequency rank:** 180783 ## Meanings 1. Resembling an onion or onions, especially in terms of smell. 2. Flavoured with onions. 3. Resembling or characteristic of the satirical news website The Onion. ## Examples - The leaves of the Salad leek possess a somewhat oniony taste and smell, and are extensively eaten raw as a relish. - No more will the messenger boy, the rounder, or the girl about town be able to indulge in the oniony hamburger, the last year’s chicken sandwich, or any of the other edibles and indigestibles furnished by the wheeled commissaries. - Many of these submissions were deleted for not having “an oniony quality” (seeming more like satire than news, not just a funny title) or being from an unreliable news source. ## Derived Forms - onioniness ## Etymology From onion + -y. In sense 3, after the mock news outlet The Onion. ## Topics - Food & Drink markdown