Meaning

5 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The outer skin of a citrus fruit, used as a flavouring or garnish.

    The orange zest gives the strong flavor in this dish.

    Würze, Zeste

    це́драcédra

    цедраcedra

  2. (countable, uncountable)General vibrance of flavour.

    I add zest to the meat by rubbing it with a spice mixture before grilling.

  3. (broadly, countable, uncountable)Enthusiasm; keen enjoyment; exciting and interesting; relish or gusto; a state of being zesty.

    Auntie Mame had a real zest for life.

    Lust, Freude, Begeisterung

    запалzapal, завзяттяzavzjattja, потягpotjah

  4. (countable, rare, uncountable)The woody, thick skin enclosing the kernel of a walnut.

  5. (countable, derogatory, slang, uncountable)State of being a flamboyant or effeminate homosexual.

More definitions
  • vigorous and enthusiastic enjoyment
  • a tart spicy quality

Examples

13 sentences
  1. Her disappearance gave zest to the mystery.

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  2. Louis seemed to lose her zest for interaction.

    deLouis schien ihre Umgangsfreude zu verlieren. — Yorwba

  3. Ziri added some zest to the medlar jelly.

  4. Put some dill and lime zest on the salmon.

    deEtwas Dill und Limettenschale auf den Lachs geben. — Yorwba

  5. She added a hint of lemon zest to the cake batter.

Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
outer skin of citrus:
enthusiasm:
Русский
By meaning 1
outer skin of citrus:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
outer skin of citrus:
enthusiasm:

Origin

Borrowed from French zeste.

Borrowed from French zeste.

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Forms

plural: zests
Singularzest
Pluralzests

regular

Synonyms

12 synonyms
general vibrance of flavour:punchB2spiceB1tangzing
enthusiasm:gustoC1relish
Close in meaning

Word family

8 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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