savory

Plural: savories

Noun

• A piquant or appetizing dish, often served as an appetizer.
• any of several aromatic herbs or subshrubs of the genus Satureja having spikes of flowers attractive to bees
• dwarf aromatic shrub of Mediterranean regions
• either of two aromatic herbs of the mint family
• an aromatic or spicy dish served at the end of dinner or as an hors d'oeuvre
• A savory snack.
• Any of several Mediterranean herbs, of the genus Satureja, grown as culinary flavourings.
• The leaves of these plants used as a flavouring.

Adjective

• Pleasant to the taste or smell, especially salty or piquant rather than sweet.
• morally wholesome or acceptable
  • "a past that was scarcely savory"

Adjective Satellite

• having an agreeably pungent taste
• pleasing to the sense of taste

Adj

• Tasty, attractive to the palate.
• Salty and/or spicy, but not sweet.
• Umami.
• Morally or ethically acceptable.

Examples

• He found a savory in his rack, a perfect short word to fit the tight spot.
• Readers are to be warned that quotations in this chapter contain some not so savory language.
• That seven-letter word on the triple word score was a truly savory play.
• The fine restaurant presented an array of savory dishes; each was delicious.
• The mushrooms, meat, bread, rice, peanuts and potatoes were all good savory foods.
• The savory rabbit soup contrasted well with the sweet cucumber sandwiches with jam.

Synonyms

Micromeria juliana, mouth-watering, piquant, savoury, spicy, zesty

Antonyms

unsavory

Related Words

bitter, salty, sour, spicy, sweet, umami, SAVORILY

Anagrams of savory