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savory

savory

1 7.4
A small salty or spicy dish served after a meal
  • noun
  • /ˈseɪvəri/
  • US
translation icon : aperitivo salado
  • Dinner for twelve with a soup course, a fish course, and a savory would have worried me less than this meal for one underweight mentor.
  • a savory

Examples

  • For the appetizer course, we were treated to various savories, each with unique flavors and spices.

  • I would say the best savoury Christmas snack there is.

  • We'll get some savories, right?

    Braindead (1992)

  • Odd combo to offer, but a lot of places had a savory and a sweet item.

    Blog text (23)

  • And then I also made a savoury grazing platter.

  • You just had Okonomiyaki, A savory pancake dish made from a batter mixed with yam, cabbage and in this case, pork belly.

  • At the party, they served several delicious savories like mini quiches and stuffed mushrooms.

  • She enjoyed the assortment of savories that included cheese straws and spiced crackers before the main meal.

Synonyms

saucisson
vssavory
1 9.9

A dry French sausage made from pork and eaten in slices

is a small aromatic dish rather than a whole cured meat item
savory snack
vssavory
  • US
2.7

A small food that tastes salty or spicy rather than sweet

is served specifically as a small aromatic dish at the meal's end
battered sav
vssavory
  • Australian
9.9

A sausage coated in batter and fried, often sold at fish and chip shops

is an aromatic hors d'oeuvre served at the end of a meal instead

Compounds

savory snack
  • US
2.7

A small food that tastes salty or spicy rather than sweet

savory stew
  • US
1.8

A hot dish where meat and vegetables cook slowly in a tasty liquid

summer savory
6.4

An herb with small leaves and a pleasant smell that you use to add flavor to food

winter savory
7.5

A small cooking herb with a peppery taste like thyme

How Seasoned

spicy
141 1.0
stuffing
1 1.4
savory
  • US
1 7.4

Surface Forms

savory singular
savories plural
savouries plural
savoury singular

Morphology

savory = savor (transparent) = savor + y

A 'savory' dish is so called because of its savory taste; the derivation from 'savor' + '-y' is clear to learners familiar with taste vocabulary.

Etymology

A British savory is a small spicy or salty dish served at the end of a meal, and the name comes from the adjective savory meaning 'tasty'. So a savory is literally a little tasty dish to end a meal.