garnish
verb (garnish, garnishes, garnished, garnishing); noun (garnishes)
Everyday
- To garnish is to decorate food with a small extra bit, such as parsley or a slice of lemon, to make it look nice. tree →
- (old use) To garnish a throne or hall is to decorate it with jewels or ornaments. tree →
In the lessons
in cooking, a sprig of parsley or a lemon slice put on a dish to make it tempting; in old tales a throne or hall decorated with gems
Examples
- Mum garnished the fish with a sprig of parsley. tree →
- Add a lemon slice to garnish the cake. tree →
- The throne was garnished with pearls and diamonds. tree →
Note
nothing for maths
In Jewish tradition
To decorate richly. Here Solomon covered the Temple walls with precious stones.
Interpretation. The tradition sees the beauty of Solomon's Temple as honoring God's house. The gold of Parvaim is read as especially fine gold.
Examples
- And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty; and the gold was gold of Parvaim. (Writings 2CH.3.6, JPS 1917) tree →
Note
nothing for maths
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «garnish» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «garnish» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
- Trees and pragmatics of «garnish» in the Judaism dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «garnish» in the Judaism dictionary on Mova free.
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