cocktail onion

noun

A pearl onion or other sweet onion seasoned and pickled in brine, used as a cocktail garnish.

Meanings

nouncocktail onion (plural cocktail onions)

plural cocktail onions

  1. A pearl onion or other sweet onion seasoned and pickled in brine, used as a cocktail garnish.

Translations

Finnish hillosipuli
  • hillosipulipickled sweet onion
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APA

cocktail onion. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cocktail%20onion

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“cocktail onion.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cocktail%20onion. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cocktail onion,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cocktail%20onion.

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