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Garnish

Garnish Meaning & Definition
Garnish Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Garnish?

[n] any decoration added as a trimming or adornment
[n] something (such as parsley) added to a dish for flavor or decoration
[v] decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods

Synonyms | Synonyms for Garnish: dress | trim

Related Terms | Find terms related to Garnish: adjunct | adorn | adornment | annex | arrangement | array | attach | beautify | bedeck | bedizen | blazon | collectivize | color | color patterns | commandeer | communalize | communize | confiscate | dandify | deck | deck out | decor | decorate | decoration | distrain | dizen | doll up | dress | dress up | elaboration | embellish | embellishment | emblazon | emblazonment | emblazonry | embroider | embroidery | enrich | expropriate | fig out | fix up | flourish | flower arrangement | furbish | furniture arrangement | garnishment | garniture | grace | gussy up | illumination | impound | impress | levy | nationalize | ornament | ornamentation | paint | prank | prank up | preen | press | prettify | primp | primp up | prink | prink up | redecorate | redo | refurbish | replevin | replevy | sequester | sequestrate | set off | set out | smarten | smarten up | socialize | spruce up | titivate | trick out | trick up | trim | trimming | window dressing

See Also | adorn | beautify | decorate | decoration | decoration | embellish | grace | ornament | ornament | ornament | ornamentation | ornamentation | topping

Garnish In Webster's Dictionary

\Gar"nish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Garnished}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Garnishing}.] [OE. garnischen, garnissen, OF. garnir to provide, strengthen, prepare, garnish, warn, F. garnir to provide, furnish, garnish, -- of German origin; cf. OHG. warn[=o]n to provide, equip; akin to G. wahren to watch, E. aware, ware, wary, and cf. also E. warn. See {Wary}, {-ish}, and cf. {Garment}, {Garrison}.] 1. To decorate with ornamental appendages; to set off; to adorn; to embellish. All within with flowers was garnished. --Spenser. 2. (Cookery) To ornament, as a dish, with something laid about it; as, a dish garnished with parsley. 3. To furnish; to supply. 4. To fit with fetters. [Cant] --Johnson. 5. (Law) To warn by garnishment; to give notice to; to garnishee. See {Garnishee}, v. t. --Cowell.
\Gar"nish\, n. 1. Something added for embellishment; decoration; ornament; also, dress; garments, especially such as are showy or decorated. So are you, sweet, Even in the lovely garnish of a boy. --Shak. Matter and figure they produce; For garnish this, and that for use. --Prior. 2. (Cookery) Something set round or upon a dish as an embellishment. See {Garnish}, v. t., 2. --Smart. 3. Fetters. [Cant] 4. A fee; specifically, in English jails, formerly an unauthorized fee demanded by the old prisoners of a newcomer. [Cant] --Fielding. {Garnish bolt} (Carp.), a bolt with a chamfered or faceted head. --Knight.

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