spice
v.
flavor with a spice, add a spice to; add zest to, make interesting
n.
aromatic vegetable substance used to season food, flavoring; aromatic odor, fragrance; something which adds zest or interest
SPICE
Spice
A spice is a dried
seed,
fruit,
root,
bark or vegetative substance used in
nutritionally insignificant quantities as a
food additive for the purpose of
flavoring, and indirectly for the purpose of killing and preventing growth of pathogenic bacteria. Many of the same substances have other uses in which they are referred to by different terms, e.g. in
food preservation,
medicine, religious
rituals,
cosmetics,
perfumery or as
vegetables. For example,
turmeric is also used as a
preservative;
licorice as a
medicine;
garlic as a
vegetable and
nutmeg as a
recreational drug.
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spice
Noun
1. aromatic substances of vegetable origin used as a preservative
(hypernym) preservative
(hyponym) stacte
(derivation) zest, spice up
2. any of a variety of pungent aromatic vegetable substances used for flavoring food
(hypernym) flavorer, flavourer, flavoring, flavouring, seasoner, seasoning
(hyponym) five spice powder
(derivation) zest, spice up
3. the property of being seasoned with spice and so highly flavored
(synonym) spiciness, spicery
(hypernym) taste property
(hyponym) pungency, bite, sharpness
(derivation) zest, spice up
Verb
1. make more interesting or flavorful; "Spice up the evening by inviting a belly dancer"
(synonym) spice up
(hypernym) change, alter, modify
(hyponym) salt
(derivation) spiciness, spicery
2. add herbs or spices to
(synonym) zest, spice up
(hypernym) season, flavor, flavour
(hyponym) ginger
(derivation) spiciness, spicery
(classification) cooking, cookery, preparation
Spices
aromatic substances, of which several are named in Ex. 30. They were used in the sacred anointing oil (Ex. 25:6; 35:8; 1 Chr. 9:29), and in embalming the dead (2 Chr. 16:14; Luke 23:56; 24:1; John 19:39, 40). Spices were stored by Hezekiah in his treasure-house (2 Kings 20:13; Isa. 39:2).
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