onion rings

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plural noun Cooking.

rings of sliced onion, dipped in batter and deep-fried.

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Origin of onion rings

First recorded in 1950–55

Words nearby onion rings

on in years, oniomania, onion, onion dome, onion fly, onion rings, Onions, onionskin, onion snow, onion weed, Onitsha

How to use onion rings in a sentence

Combine the beans and onion sauce in a 9x9-inch casserole dish and bake for 20 to 25 minutes.
Make Carla Hall’s Crispy Shallot Green Bean Casserole|Carla Hall|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Her phone rings at least once an hour with questions from journalists, which she answers in Arabic, English, and sometimes French.
A Sunni-Shia Love Story Imperiled by al Qaeda|Ruth Michaelson|December 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The guitar is tuned to E, and an Eminor chord on a guitar just rings and rings forever.
Yes, I Like Christmas Music. Stop Laughing.|Michael Tomasky|December 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Occasionally Lew Wasserman, the chairman of MCA and one of Hitchcock's oldest friends, rings up just to see how he is.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days|David Freeman|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST

She is at a critical moment in the town-burning-down story when Ragsdale phone rings.
Sex, Suicide, and Homework: The Secret World of the Telephone Hotline|Tim Teeman|November 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In a political sense, the word “rings” gives 47, as New York has been celebrated for them.
Assimilative Memory|Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)
But not too big for the ragged old arm that felled it down as an axe fells the last rings of a stricken tree.
A Lost Hero|Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward and Herbert D. Ward
Ernest's voice rings clear above the school now, like the Declaration of Independence.
The Soldier of the Valley|Nelson Lloyd
Apparently he finds nothing there, for he returns to the morning-room, looks about him for a moment and then rings the bell.
First Plays|A. A. Milne
Gold chains for the neck and arms, and gold ear-rings, with a flower in the hair, complete a Pernambucan woman's dress.
Journal of a Voyage to Brazil|Maria Graham