Associations to the word «Garnish»

GARNISH, verb. To decorate with ornamental appendages; to set off; to adorn; to embellish.

GARNISH, verb. (cooking) To ornament, as a dish, with something laid about it; as, a dish garnished with parsley.

GARNISH, verb. To furnish; to supply.

GARNISH, verb. (slang) (archaic) To fit with fetters; to fetter

GARNISH, verb. (legal) To warn by garnishment; to give notice to; to garnishee.

GARNISH, noun. A set of dishes, often pewter, containing a dozen pieces of several types.

GARNISH, noun. Pewter vessels in general.

GARNISH, noun. Something added for embellishment; decoration; ornament; also, dress; garments, especially when showy or decorated.

GARNISH, noun. (cookery) Something set round or upon a dish as an embellishment.

GARNISH, noun. (slang) (obsolete) Fetters.

GARNISH, noun. (slang) (historical) A fee; specifically, in English jails, formerly an unauthorized fee demanded from a newcomer by the older prisoners.

GARNISH BOLT, noun. A bolt with a chamfered or faceted head.

GARNISH, noun. Something (such as parsley) added to a dish for flavor or decoration.

GARNISH, noun. Any decoration added as a trimming or adornment.

GARNISH, 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".

GARNISH, verb. Decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods.