onion ring

noun

: a ring of sliced onion coated with batter or crumbs and fried

Examples of onion ring in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web It’s served as a tangled cylinder of fried shrimp and onions, like a miniature version of the old onion ring loaves at Tony Roma’s. Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2024 The first edition of the lens showed the onion ring effect in highlights at 75mm, but Tamron paid attention to the bokeh quality with this revision. PCMAG, 28 Mar. 2024 Take a seat inside on a bench, bite into a delicious onion ring (with a side of ranch, of course), and slurp it down with a good old-fashioned milkshake. Sydni Walker, Dallas News, 18 Sep. 2023 Add the tomatoes, lettuce and several slices of toasted white bread topped off with a giant onion ring. Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al, 1 Sep. 2022 After 43 years of serving prime rib and colossal onion ring loaves in South Florida, Bobby Rubino’s low-slung, one-story restaurant on North Federal Highway in Pompano Beach will be demolished later this year, owner John Castellano told the Sun Sentinel. Phillip Valys, sun-sentinel.com, 16 Feb. 2022 Now, Lorde is back on her onion ring game. Abigail Adams, PEOPLE.com, 30 July 2021 That trusty, goopy red condiment that might enliven an otherwise bland and soggy onion ring? Rachel Khong, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 Oct. 2022 Social media influencers have raved about the burger, which is served on a pretzel bun smeared with peanut butter on the top and grape jelly on the bottom and layered with beef, bacon, cheese and an onion ring. Jonmaesha Beltran, The Arizona Republic, 13 July 2022

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Word History

First Known Use

1946, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of onion ring was in 1946

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“Onion ring.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/onion%20ring. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024.

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