Clove is a spice made from dried flower buds of a tree. People use it to add flavor to food and drinks. It has a strong smell and taste.
I like to add clove to my tea.
Clove smells strong and spicy.
The clove tree is a plant that gives clove spice. It grows in warm places with many leaves and flower buds. People harvest the buds to make cloves.
The clove tree grows in tropical areas.
Clove trees have green leaves and flowers.
In sewing or leatherwork, a clove is a small wedge-shaped piece cut to shape material. It helps make curves or fit parts together in clothes or shoes.
The shoe has a clove in the leather part.
Sewers use clove shapes for better fit.
Clove can mean a natural split or crack in something, like wood or rock. This meaning is old and more used in poetry or old texts.
The rock had a clove down its side.
A small clove appeared in the tree trunk.
