Associations to the word «Garnish»

Wiktionary

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.

Dictionary definition

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.

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