garnish
To decorate with ornaments; to adorn; to embellish.
Other meanings
To ornament with something placed around it.
“a dish garnished with a sprig/spray of parsley”
To warn by garnishment; to give notice to.
Related words
- disgarnish
- garnishable
- garnishee
- garnisher
- garnishment
- garnishor
- garnishry
- regarnish
- ungarnish
Word history
From Old French "garnir".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “garnish” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.