Dictionary Entry
spice
spice is a 5-letter English word with 11 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Species; kind. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 11 · 11 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
Species; kind.
- 2noun
A vegetable production of many kinds, fragrant or aromatic and pungent to the taste, as pepper, cinnamon, nutmeg, mace, allspice, ginger, cloves, etc., which are used in cookery and to flavor sauces, pickles, etc.
- 3noun
Figuratively, that which enriches or alters the quality of a thing in a small degree, as spice alters the taste of food; that which gives zest or pungency; a slight flavoring; a relish; hence, a small quantity or admixture; a sprinkling; as, a spice of mischief.
- 4transitive verb
To season with spice, or as with spice; to mix aromatic or pungent substances with; to flavor; to season; as, to spice wine; to spice one's words with wit.
- 5transitive verb
To fill or impregnate with the odor of spices.
- 6transitive verb
To render nice or dainty; hence, to render scrupulous.
- 7noun
the property of being seasoned with spice and so highly flavored
- 8noun
any of a variety of pungent aromatic vegetable substances used for flavoring food
- 9noun
aromatic substances of vegetable origin used as a preservative
- 10verb
make more interesting or flavorful
"Spice up the evening by inviting a belly dancer"
- 11verb
add herbs or spices to
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