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 Definitions of garnish  [ˈgɑr nɪʃ]  

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Definition of 'garnish' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (v.t.) garnish
to provide or supply with something ornamental; decorate.

2.  garnish
to provide (a food) with something that adds flavor, decorative color, etc.:
garnished the punch with fruit.

3. (n.) garnish
something placed around or on a food or in a beverage to add flavor, decorative color, etc.

4.  garnish
adornment; decoration.

5.  garnish
Chiefly Brit. a fee formerly demanded of a new convict or worker by the warden, boss, or fellow prisoners or workers.

Etymology:  (1300–50; < OF garniss- (extended s. of garnir, guarnir to furnish < Gmc))

Definition of 'garnish' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) garnish
something (such as parsley) added to a dish for flavor or decoration

2. (verb) garnish
any decoration added as a trimming or adornment

3. (verb) garnishee, garnish
take a debtor's wages on legal orders, such as for child support
"His employer garnished his wages in order to pay his debt"

4. (verb) trim, garnish, dress
decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods


Definition of 'garnish' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) garnish
something added for embellishment; decoration; ornament; also, dress; garments, especially such as are showy or decorated

2. (noun) garnish
something set round or upon a dish as an embellishment. See Garnish, v. t., 2

3. (verb) garnish
to decorate with ornamental appendages; to set off; to adorn; to embellish

4. (verb) garnish
to ornament, as a dish, with something laid about it; as, a dish garnished with parsley

5. (verb) garnish
to furnish; to supply

6. (verb) garnish
to fit with fetters

7. (verb) garnish
to warn by garnishment; to give notice to; to garnishee. See Garnishee, v. t

8. (verb) garnish
fetters

9. (verb) garnish
a fee; specifically, in English jails, formerly an unauthorized fee demanded by the old prisoners of a newcomer


Translation of 'garnish' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: to decorate (a dish of food)
Parsley is often used to garnish salads.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: garnering Arabic flag Arabic: يُبَرْقِش، يُزَيِّن Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: украсявам
Brazilian flag Brazilian: guarnecer Czech flag Czech: obložit, ozdobit German flag German: garnieren
Danish flag Danish: garnere; pynte Greek flag Greek: γαρνίρω Spanish flag Spanish: guarnecer, aderezar, ador
Estonian flag Estonian: garneerima Farsi flag Farsi: تزئین کردن Finnish flag Finnish: koristella
French flag French: garnir Hebrew flag Hebrew: לְקַשֵׁט Hindi flag Hindi: अलंकृत करना
Croatian flag Croatian: garnirati (jelo) Hungarian flag Hungarian: díszít Indonesian flag Indonesian: menghiasi
Icelandic flag Icelandic: skreyta Italian flag Italian: guarnire Japanese flag Japanese: 添える
Korean flag Korean: (요리에) 장식하다, 고명을 하다 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: puošti Latvian flag Latvian: rotāt; garnēt (ēdienu)
Malay flag Malay: menghias Dutch flag Dutch: garneren Norwegian flag Norwegian: pynte, garnere
Polish flag Polish: garnirować Persian flag Persian: تزئین کردن Pashto flag Pashto: سينګارول، خواړه په نوروخو
Portuguese flag Portuguese: guarnecer Romanian flag Romanian: a gar­nisi Russian flag Russian: гарнировать
Slovak flag Slovak: obložiť Slovenian flag Slovenian: okrasiti Serbian flag Serbian: garnirati
Swedish flag Swedish: garnera Thai flag Thai: ตกแต่ง Turkish flag Turkish: süslemek, garnitürlemek
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: (菜餚)裝盤點綴 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: гарнірувати Urdu flag Urdu: کسی ڈش کو سجانا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: trang trí món ăn Chinese flag Chinese: 给...加配菜,装饰

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