savoury
adjective (savoury — UK; savory — US); noun (a savoury, savouries — UK)
Everyday
- Savoury food is salty or spicy, not sweet, like cheese, crisps, pies or soup. tree →
- A savoury (UK) is a small salty snack. tree →
- «Not very savoury» describes something or someone not nice or not respectable. tree →
In the lessons
In cooking and food lessons, dishes are sorted into sweet and savoury. Taste words in science: sweet, sour, salty, bitter and savoury (umami). Phrases: «sweet or savoury?», «savoury snacks», «a savoury pie», «unsavoury character».
Examples
- Would you like a sweet or a savoury pancake? tree →
- Cheese scones are savoury. tree →
- Crisps and nuts are savoury snacks. tree →
- The party had savoury food first, then cake. tree →
- This pie is savoury — it has chicken in it. tree →
- He was an unsavoury character, so we stayed away. tree →
- ‘I declare I smell a savoury dinner.’ tree →
Note
UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand spelling «savoury»; US spelling «savory». Opposite of sweet (in food). «Unsavoury» = unpleasant or not honest.
In Jewish tradition
Interpretation: The story of Jacob and Esau shows the blessing Isaac wanted to give, and the tradition discusses how Rebekah and Jacob won it. In the primary lessons: In cooking and food lessons, dishes are sorted into sweet and savoury. Taste words in science: sweet, sour, salty, bitter and savoury (umami). Phrases: «sweet or savoury?», «savoury snacks», «a savoury pie», «unsavoury character».
Examples
- And she gave the savoury food and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob. (Torah GEN.27.17, JPS 1917) tree →
- Bring me venison, and make me savoury food, that I may eat, and bless thee before the LORD before my death. (Torah GEN.27.7, JPS 1917) tree →
- And he went, and fetched, and brought them to his mother; and his mother made savoury food, such as his father loved. (Torah GEN.27.14, JPS 1917) tree →
- The oxen likewise and the young asses that till the ground shall eat savoury provender, which hath been winnowed with the shovel and with the fan. (Prophets ISA.30.24, JPS 1917) tree →
Note
UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand spelling «savoury»; US spelling «savory». Opposite of sweet (in food). «Unsavoury» = unpleasant or not honest.
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «savoury» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «savoury» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
- Trees and pragmatics of «savoury» in the Judaism dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «savoury» in the Judaism dictionary on Mova free.
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