savory
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English [edit]
Alternative forms [edit]
- savoury (British)
Pronunciation [edit]
Etymology 1 [edit]
From the Old French savoure, from savourer, from Latin saporare, from sapor
Adjective [edit]
savory (comparative more savory, superlative most savory)
- Tasty, attractive to the palate.
- The fine restaurant presented an array of savory dishes; each was delicious.
- Salty or non-sweet.
- The mushrooms, meat, bread, rice, peanuts and potatoes were all good savory foods.
- Not overly sweet.
- The savory duck contrasted well with the sweet sauce.
- (figuratively) Morally or ethically acceptable.
- Readers are to be warned that quotations in this chapter contain some not so savory language.
Synonyms [edit]
- See also Wikisaurus:delicious
Translations [edit]
Tasty, attractive to the palate
Salty or non-sweet
Not overly sweet
Noun [edit]
savory (plural savories)
- A savory snack
- 2007 April 18, Florence Fabricant, “Off the Menu”, New York Times:
- P*ONG On Friday the pastry chef Pichet Ong will open his own cafe, with sweets and savories served at tables and a counter.
- 2007 April 18, Florence Fabricant, “Off the Menu”, New York Times:
Etymology 2 [edit]
Wikispecies Possibly from Old English saetherie, from Latin satureia, influenced by or via Old French savereie
Noun [edit]
savory (plural savories)
- Any of several Mediterranean herbs, of the genus Satureja, grown as culinary flavourings
- The leaves of these plants used as a flavouring
Derived terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
herb of genus Satureja
