Garnish

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garnish
v. decorate, adorn; embellish a dish of food; legally confiscate property or funds
 
n. decorative addition to a dish of food or to a drink


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Garnish
Garnish may refer to:Garnish (accessories)Garnishment, a method of collecting debtsGarnish (food), an embellishment or decoration of foodCocktail garnish, a decorative ornament in a mixed drink
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garnish
Noun
1. something (such as parsley) added to a dish for flavor or decoration
(hypernym) decoration, ornament, ornamentation
(hyponym) topping
(derivation) trim, dress
2. any decoration added as a trimming or adornment
(hypernym) decoration, ornament, ornamentation
(derivation) trim, dress
Verb
1. take a debtor's wages on legal orders, such as for child support; "His employer garnished his wages in order to pay his debt"
(synonym) garnishee
(hypernym) impound, attach, sequester, confiscate, seize
(derivation) garnishment
2. decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods
(synonym) trim, dress
(hypernym) decorate, adorn, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify
(verb-group) dress, dress out


Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)Download this dictionary
Garnish
(v. t.)
To warn by garnishment; to give notice to; to garnishee. See Garnishee, v. t.
  
 
(v. t.)
To ornament, as a dish, with something laid about it; as, a dish garnished with parsley.
  
 
(v. t.)
To furnish; to supply.
  
 
(v. t.)
To fit with fetters.
  
 
(v. t.)
To decorate with ornamental appendages; to set off; to adorn; to embellish.
  
 
(v. t.)
Fetters.
  
 
(v. t.)
A fee; specifically, in English jails, formerly an unauthorized fee demanded by the old prisoners of a newcomer.
  
 
(n.)
Something set round or upon a dish as an embellishment. See Garnish, v. t., 2.
  
 
(n.)
Something added for embellishment; decoration; ornament; also, dress; garments, especially such as are showy or decorated.
  

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Garnish
To decorate. Also referring to the food used to decorate.

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