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Word: relish (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • Savor; quality; characteristic tinge.
  • A cooked or pickled sauce, usually made with vegetables or fruits, generally used as a condiment.
  • A pleasing taste; flavor that gratifies the palate; hence, enjoyable quality; power of pleasing.
  • A taste for; liking; appetite; fondness.
  • In a wooden frame, the projection or shoulder at the side of, or around, a tenon, on a tenoned piece.
  • That which is used to impart a flavor; specifically, something taken with food to render it more palatable or to stimulate the appetite; a condiment.

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Verb:

  • obsolete To give a relish to; to cause to taste agreeably.
  • obsolete To have a pleasing or appetizing taste; to give gratification; to have a flavor.
  • To take great pleasure in something; to enjoy; to approach with zeal or enthusiasm; to be pleased with or gratified by; to experience pleasure from.
  • To taste or eat with pleasure; to like the flavor of.

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