garnish

garnish is a 7-letter English word with 13 senses as transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To decorate with ornamental appendages; to set off; to adorn; to embellish. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 12 · 13 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To decorate with ornamental appendages; to set off; to adorn; to embellish.
2. transitive verb. To ornament, as a dish, with something laid about it; as, a dish garnished with parsley.
3. transitive verb. To furnish; to supply.
4. transitive verb. To fit with fetters.
5. transitive verb. To warn by garnishment; to give notice to; to garnishee. See Garnishee, v. t.
6. noun. Something added for embellishment; decoration; ornament; also, dress; garments, especially such as are showy or decorated.
7. noun. Something set round or upon a dish as an embellishment. See Garnish, v. t., 2.
8. transitive verb. Fetters.
9. transitive verb. A fee; specifically, in English jails, formerly an unauthorized fee demanded by the old prisoners of a newcomer.
10. noun. any decoration added as a trimming or adornment
11. noun. something (such as parsley) added to a dish for flavor or decoration
12. verb. decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods

    Synonyms: dress, trim

13. verb. take a debtor's wages on legal orders, such as for child support

    "His employer garnished his wages in order to pay his debt"

    Synonyms: garnishee

Synonyms

dress, trim, garnishee

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in garnish:

rashing, sharing

Common word forms

garnished, garnisher, garnishes, garnishing, garnishable, garnishment

Words from these letters

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