garnish

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Middle English, From Middle French garniss.

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Infinitive
to garnish

Third person singular
garnishes

Simple past
garnished

Past participle
garnished

Present participle
garnishing

to garnish (third-person singular simple present garnishes, present participle garnishing, simple past and past participle garnished)

  1. To decorate with ornamental appendages; to set off; to adorn; to embellish; as, all within with flowers was garnished.
  2. (cooking) To ornament, as a dish, with something laid about it; as, a dish garnished with parsley.
  3. To furnish; to supply.
    By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hath formed the crooked serpent. (Job 26:13, KJV)
  4. To fit with fetters.
  5. (law) To warn by garnishment; to give notice to; to garnishee.

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[edit] Noun

Singular
garnish

Plural
garnishes

garnish (plural garnishes)

  1. a set of dishes, often pewter, containing a dozen pieces of several types.
  2. pewter vessels in general.
    Quotations
    • 1882: The accounts of collegiate and monastic institutions give abundant entries of the price of pewter vessels, called also garnish. — James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, Volume 4, p. 478.

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