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    [Verb]  | "gar*nish" | \ ˈgär-nish \


    1: decorate, embellish

    2: to add decorative or savory touches to (food or drink)

    3: to equip with accessories : furnish

    Origin: 14th century ;

     Middle English garnishen "to equip, decorate," borrowed from Anglo-French garniss-, present stem of garnir, warnir "to give notice, warn, instruct, give legal summons, provide (for), equip, trim, decorate," going back to Old Low Franconian *warnjan-, variant or reduction of West Germanic *warnōjan- "to make aware" {mat|warn|};

    [Noun]  | "garnish" 


    1: embellishment, ornament

    2: something (such as lemon wedges or parsley) used to decorate or flavor food or drink

    3: an unauthorized fee formerly extorted from a new inmate of an English jail

    Origin: 1596 ;

     Derivative of {see: |garnish:1|garnish:1};

    [Noun]  | "garnish" 


    1: something that decorates or beautifies;


      * e.g., " ... added a garnish of parsley to the plate before serving it "



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    [Verb]  | "garnish" 


    1: to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming;


      * e.g., " ... a chef who never served any dish without first garnishing it "




     

     

     

     

     


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