clove

Other forms of clove

plural

cloves·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about clove

What does clove mean?

clove means "aromatic flower bud of a clove tree; yields a spice". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in clove?

clove has 1 syllable: clove. In IPA it is /ˈkloʊv/.

What is another word for clove?

Close synonyms include clove tree, Syzygium aromaticum, Eugenia aromaticum, Eugenia caryophyllatum, garlic clove. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is clove a common word?

clove is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.