Glove vs. Clove

Glovenoun

An item of clothing other than a mitten, covering all or part of the hand and fingers, but usually allowing independent movement of the fingers.

Glovenoun

A baseball mitt.

Glovenoun

The ability to catch a hit ball.

Glovenoun

(slang) A condom.

Glovenoun

(with definite article) A challenge from one to another.

Gloveverb

To catch the ball in a baseball mitt.

Gloveverb

(transitive) To put a glove or gloves on.

Gloveverb

(cricket) To touch a delivery with one's glove while the gloved hand is on the bat. Under the rules of cricket, the batsman is deemed to have hit the ball.

Glovenoun

A cover for the hand, or for the hand and wrist, with a separate sheath for each finger. The latter characteristic distinguishes the glove from the mitten.

Glovenoun

A boxing glove.

Gloveverb

To cover with, or as with, a glove.

Glovenoun

gloves worn by fielders in baseball

Glovenoun

handwear: covers the hand and wrist

Glovenoun

gloves that are big and padded; worn for boxing

Glove

A glove is a garment covering the hand. Gloves usually have separate sheaths or openings for each finger and the thumb.

Clovenoun

A very pungent aromatic spice, the unexpanded flower bud of the clove tree.

Clovenoun

(countable) A clove tree, of the species Syzygium aromaticum (syn. Caryophyllus aromaticus), native to the Moluccas (Indonesian islands), which produces the spice.

Clovenoun

(countable) An old English measure of weight, containing 7 pounds (3.2 kg), i.e. half a stone.

Clovenoun

Any one of the separate bulbs that make up the larger bulb of garlic

Clove

Cleft.

Clovenoun

A cleft; a gap; a ravine; - rarely used except as part of a proper name; as, Kaaterskill Clove; Stone Clove.

Clovenoun

A very pungent aromatic spice, the unexpanded flower bud of the clove tree (Eugenia aromatica syn. Caryophullus aromatica), a native of the Molucca Isles.

Clovenoun

One of the small bulbs developed in the axils of the scales of a large bulb, as in the case of garlic.

Clovenoun

A weight. A clove of cheese is about eight pounds, of wool, about seven pounds.

Clovenoun

aromatic flower bud of a clove tree; yields a spice

Clovenoun

moderate sized very symmetrical red-flowered evergreen widely cultivated in the tropics for its flower buds which are source of cloves

Clovenoun

one of the small bulblets that can be split off of the axis of a larger garlic bulb

Clovenoun

spice from dried unopened flower bud of the clove tree; used whole or ground

Clove

Cloves are the aromatic flower buds of a tree in the family Myrtaceae, Syzygium aromaticum. They are native to the Maluku Islands (or Moluccas) in Indonesia, and are commonly used as a spice.