pearl onion

noun

: a very small usually pickled onion used especially in appetizers and as a garnish

Examples of pearl onion in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Or peel fresh pearl onions by boiling in water with the skin in place for 1 1/2 minutes, then transfer them to an ice bath to stop the cooking process; once cool, the skins should easily come off by squeezing the onion between your fingers. DIRECTIONS 1. —Cathy Thomas, Orange County Register, 11 Mar. 2025

Once the pearl onions are cool enough to handle, slice them in half. —Brianna Crane, Axios, 23 Nov. 2024

Soften onions: Reduce heat to medium and add yellow onions and pearl onions to Dutch oven. —Liv Dansky, Southern Living, 23 Oct. 2024

But the mashed potatoes and roasted mushrooms, carrots, pearl onions and bacon lardons surrounding the chicken steal the show. —Keith Pandolfi, The Enquirer, 15 Mar. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1855, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for pearl onion

• trunnion

Kids Definition

pearl onion

noun

: a very small onion that is usually pickled