Dictionary Entry
zest
zest is a 4-letter English word with 8 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A piece of orange or lemon peel, or the aromatic oil which may be squeezed from such peel, used to give flavor to liquor, etc. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
4 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 13 · 8 senses
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- 1noun
A piece of orange or lemon peel, or the aromatic oil which may be squeezed from such peel, used to give flavor to liquor, etc.
- 2noun
Hence, something that gives or enhances a pleasant taste, or the taste itself; an appetizer; also, keen enjoyment; relish; gusto.
- 3noun
The woody, thick skin inclosing the kernel of a walnut.
- 4transitive verb
To cut into thin slips, as the peel of an orange, lemon, etc.; to squeeze, as peel, over the surface of anything.
- 5transitive verb
To give a relish or flavor to; to heighten the taste or relish of; as, to zest wine.
- 6noun
a tart spicy quality
- 7noun
vigorous and enthusiastic enjoyment
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- 8verb
add herbs or spices to
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