Garnish

['gɑːnɪʃ] or ['gɑrnɪʃ]

Definition

(noun.) any decoration added as a trimming or adornment.

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

Typist: Shelley--From WordNet

Definition

(v. t.) To decorate with ornamental appendages; to set off; to adorn; to embellish.

(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 warn by garnishment; to give notice to; to garnishee. See Garnishee, v. t.

(n.) Something added for embellishment; decoration; ornament; also, dress; garments, especially such as are showy or decorated.

(n.) Something set round or upon a dish as an embellishment. See Garnish, v. t., 2.

(v. t.) Fetters.

(v. t.) A fee; specifically, in English jails, formerly an unauthorized fee demanded by the old prisoners of a newcomer.

Edited by Lenore

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. Adorn, decorate, embellish, deck, beautify, grace.

Typist: Ralph

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Deck, furnish, adorn, dress, furbish, beautify, embellish, decorate, ornament

ANT:Denude, strip, dismantle

Typed by Jaime

Definition

v.t. to adorn: to furnish: to surround with ornaments as a dish.—n. entrance-money: something placed round a principal dish at table whether for embellishment or relish: a gift of money esp. that formerly paid by a prisoner to his fellow-prisoners on his first admission.—ns. Gar′nishee a person warned not to pay money owed to another because the latter is indebted to the garnisher who gives the warning (v.t. to attach a debtor's money in this way); Garnishee′ment; Gar′nisher one who garnishes; Gar′nishing Gar′nishment Gar′niture that which garnishes or embellishes: ornament: apparel: trimming; Gar′nishry adornment.

Edited by Jeremy