garnish
A set of dishes, often pewter, containing a dozen pieces of several typesA set of dishes, often pewter, containing a dozen pieces of several types.
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Meaning
8 senses(countable, uncountable)A set of dishes, often pewter, containing a dozen pieces of several types.
(countable, uncountable)Pewter vessels in general.
(countable, uncountable)Something added for embellishment.
украше́ниеukrašénije
any decoration added as a trimming or adornment
(countable, uncountable)Clothes; garments, especially when showy or decorative.
(countable, uncountable)Something set round or upon a dish as an embellishment.
гарни́рgarnír
гарні́рharnír
(historical, slang, uncountable)A fee; specifically, in English jails, formerly an unauthorized fee demanded from a newcomer by the older prisoners.
1699, B. E., A New Dictionary of the Canting Crew, London: W. Hawes et al., Garnish money, what is customarily spent among the Prisoners at first coming in.
(US, countable, slang, uncountable)Cash.
(countable, obsolete, slang, uncountable)Fetters.
Examples
21 sentencesWhat's the garnish for this drink?
We garnished the buns with pickles.
Tom garnished his soup with sour cream.
ruТом положил в суп сметану.
deTom verfeinerte seine Suppe mit saurer Sahne.
She garnished the bun with fresh herbs.
She garnished the cake with fresh mint leaves.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English garnysshen, from Old French garniss-, stem of certain forms of the verFrom Middle English garnysshen, from Old French garniss-, stem of certain forms of the verb garnir, guarnir, warnir (“to provide, furnish, avert, defend, warn, fortify, garnish”), from a conflation of Old Frankish *warnijan (“to refuse, deny”) and *warnōn (“warn, protect, prepare, beware, guard oneself”), from Proto-Germanic *warnijaną (“to worry, care, heed”) and Proto-Germanic *warnōną (“to warn”); both from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to defend, protect, cover”). Cognate with Old English wiernan (“to withhold, be sparing of, deny, refuse, reject, decline, forbid, prevent from, avert”) and warnian (“to warn, caution, take warning, take heed, guard oneself against, deny”). More at warn.
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plural: garnishesSynonyms
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