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garnishes

[gahr-nish] Origin

gar·nish

[gahr-nish]
verb (used with object)
1.
to provide or supply with something ornamental; adorn; decorate.
2.
to provide (a food) with something that adds flavor, decorative color, etc.: to garnish boiled potatoes with chopped parsley.
3.
Law.
a.
to attach (as money due or property belonging to a debtor) by garnishment; garnishee.
b.
to summon in, so as to take part in litigation already pending between others.
noun
4.
something placed around or on a food or in a beverage to add flavor, decorative color, etc.
5.
adornment or decoration.
6.
Chiefly British. a fee formerly demanded of a new convict or worker by the warden, boss, or fellow prisoners or workers.

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Garnishes is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.

Origin:
1300–50; Middle English garnishen < Old French garniss- (extended stem of garnir, guarnir to furnish < Gmc); compare warn

gar·nish·a·ble, adjective
gar·nish·er, noun
o·ver·gar·nish, verb (used with object)
re·gar·nish, verb (used with object)
un·der·gar·nish, verb (used with object)
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un·gar·nished, adjective
well-gar·nished, adjective
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1. embellish, ornament, beautify, trim, bedeck, bedizen, set off, enhance. 5. ornament; garniture.

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Word Origin & History

garnish
c.1300, from O.Fr. garniss-, stem of garnir "provide, furnish, defend," from P.Gmc. *warnejan "be cautious, guard, provide for" (cf. O.E. warnian "to take warning, beware;" see warn). Sense evolution is from "arm oneself" to "fit out" to "embellish," which was the earliest
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meaning in English, though the others also were used in M.E. Culinary sense of "to decorate a dish for the table" predominated after c.1700. Older meaning survives in legal sense of "warning of attachment of funds" (1580s). Related: Garnished; garnishing; garnishee; garnishment.
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