Dictionary Entry
relish
relish is a 6-letter English word with 12 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To taste or eat with pleasure; to like the flavor of; to partake of with gratification; hence, to enjoy; to be pleased with or gratified by; to experience pleasure from; as, to relish food. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 9 · 12 senses
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- 1transitive verb
To taste or eat with pleasure; to like the flavor of; to partake of with gratification; hence, to enjoy; to be pleased with or gratified by; to experience pleasure from; as, to relish food.
- 2transitive verb
To give a relish to; to cause to taste agreeably.
- 3intransitive verb
To have a pleasing or appetizing taste; to give gratification; to have a flavor.
- 4noun
A pleasing taste; flavor that gratifies the palate; hence, enjoyable quality; power of pleasing.
- 5noun
Savor; quality; characteristic tinge.
- 6noun
A taste for; liking; appetite; fondness.
- 7noun
That which is used to impart a flavor; specifically, something taken with food to render it more palatable or to stimulate the appetite; a condiment.
- 8noun
The projection or shoulder at the side of, or around, a tenon, on a tenoned piece.
- 9noun
the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth
- 10noun
vigorous and enthusiastic enjoyment
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- 11noun
spicy or savory condiment
- 12verb
derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in
"She relished her fame and basked in her glory"
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