Garnish

English

Etymology

From Middle English garnischen < Old French garniss-, stem of certain parts of garnir, guarnir (“‘to avert, defend, warn, fortiy, garnish’”).

Verb

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. Template: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.

Derived terms

• garnishee
• garnishment
• garnishor

Related terms

• garrison
• garment

Translations

To decorate with ornamental appendages

Finnish: koristella fi(fi) German: verzieren de(de)

Icelandic: skreyta is(is) Spanish: guarnecer

To ornament

Finnish: koristella fi(fi) German: verzieren de(de), garnieren de(de)

Icelandic: Spanish: guarnecer

To furnish; to supply

Spanish: guarnecer

To fit with fetters

To warn by garnishment

Noun

Singular Garnish

Plural garnishes

Garnish (garnishes)

1. a set of dishes, often pewter, containing a dozen pieces of several types.
2. pewter vessels in general.
   • 1882, James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, Volume 4, p. 478:

     The accounts of collegiate and monastic institutions give abundant entries of the price of pewter vessels, called also garnish.

Translations

• Icelandic: skreyting f.

External links

• Garnish in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• Garnish in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• Garnish at OneLook® Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• aghinrs,
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