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garnish
[ gahr-nish ]
verb (used with object)
a free-standing wall whose lower reaches are garnished by hanging gardens.
Synonyms: enhance, bedizen, bedeck, trim, beautify, ornament, embellish
- to provide (a food) with something that adds flavor, decorative color, etc.:
to garnish boiled potatoes with chopped parsley.
- Law.
- to attach (as money due or property belonging to a debtor) by garnishment; garnishee:
The court garnished his wages when he refused to pay child support.
- to summon in, so as to take part in litigation already pending between others.
garnish
/ ˈɡɑːnɪʃ /
verb
- to decorate; trim
- to add something to (food) in order to improve its appearance or flavour
- law
- to serve with notice of proceedings; warn
- to summon to proceedings already in progress
- to attach (a debt)
- slang.to extort money from
noun
- a decoration; trimming
- something, such as parsley, added to a dish for its flavour or decorative effect
- obsolete.a payment illegally extorted, as from a prisoner by his jailer
Derived Forms
- ˈgarnisher, noun
Other Words From
- garnish·a·ble adjective
- garnish·er noun
- over·garnish verb (used with object)
- re·garnish verb (used with object)
- under·garnish verb (used with object)
- un·garnished adjective
- well-garnished adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of garnish1
Example Sentences
CeleryThis often-overlooked veggie is way more than chicken wing garnish!
Chill them in the ice water, strain, pat dry, and reserve for the garnish.
And just how many young drug dealers even have bank accounts, or paychecks to garnish?
To assemble taco place escabeche, fish and tartar sauce in a tortilla and garnish with cilantro and lime.
Strain over crushed ice and garnish with a lime wedge and maraschino cherry.
They manufacture clothes and wares, and we garnish ourselves with them.
When done, dish up the chicken in a pyramid, garnish with the fried onions and cover with tomato sauce.
Small pieces of cauliflower and crotons of fried bread should garnish this dish.
Lift them out very tenderly, pile them up in a pyramid on a dish, and garnish them with fried potatoes.
Have a pyramid of mashed potatoes ready, and arrange the larks round it, and garnish with a macdoine of mixed vegetables.
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