to garnish
15
3.5
- verb
- /ˈɡɑrnɪʃ/
:
adornar con
- When I visit, she takes me to wonderful restaurants where they serve black-eyed peas garnished with cilantro and spoonbread hot with chiles.
First you want a garlic onion and then garnish with this green onion, Chinese onion.
- First you want a garlic onion and then garnish with this green onion, Chinese onion.
- It's Mox Clamato mixed with Smirnoff vodka and cocktail shrimp garnished with lime wedge and pickled beans.
- No need to see each other's mouth lip, the obvious giddy fingers garnished with fumes of onions and garlic.
Examples
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The fish is cooked in the sauce, stirred into prepared pasta, and garnished with fresh basil and grated cheese.
Blog text (5) -
Before serving the pasta, garnish it with freshly grated Parmesan cheese and a sprinkle of black pepper.
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So tip for you, if you make this, garnish it with fresh basil.
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Let's also garnish it with my shredded cheese.
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You may want to garnish it with sweet basil or Thai basil leaves before serving.
Blog text (11) -
Pour hot chocolate in the mugs and garnish with whipped cream and marshmallows.
Blog text (10) -
The dish was a thin slice of sturgeon garnished with morels.
Academic text (1990) -
The calamari was overcooked, and they used curly parsley to garnish it.
Fiction book (1995) -
To make the dish more visually appealing, garnish it with chopped parsley and a slice of lemon.
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Once the dish is plated, garnish it with a drizzle of olive oil and a few capers for added flavor.
Synonyms
96
3.0
To make food, hair or a place look attractive by adding small items
19
4.1
To add decorations to something to make it look special
9
3.5
To add small pieces of food on top of a dish to make it look nicer
To add small food items, like herbs or lemon peel, to a dish to make it look nicer
Phrasal Verbs
To add small food items, like herbs or lemon peel, to a dish to make it look nicer
Compounds
How Garnished
Surface Forms
Etymology
Garnish (verb) comes from the same old French garnir, meaning 'to make ready' or 'to adorn'. So to garnish food is like 'dressing' a plate—adding small items to give colour or extra flavour.