garnish
noun/ˈɡɑːnɪʃ/
/ˈɡɑːrnɪʃ/
[countable, uncountable]- a small amount of food that is used to decorate a larger dish of food
- a garnish of tomato
- Keep some olives to one side for garnish.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryGarnish is used after these nouns:- salad
Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘equip, arm’): from Old French garnir, probably of Germanic origin and related to warn. The current sense dates from the late 17th cent.Want to learn more?
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