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Garnish

Definition: Garnish

Garnish

Noun

1. Something (such as parsley) added to a dish for flavor or decoration.

2. Any decoration added as a trimming or adornment.

Verb

1. Decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "garnish" was first used: sometime around 1380. (references)

Note: Garnish \Gar"nish\, transitive verb. [imperfect & past participle. Garnished; Garnishing.]. (references)

 

Specialty Definition: Garnish

DomainDefinition

Bible

Garnish overlay with stones (2 Chr. 3:6), adorn (Rev. 21:19), deck with garlands (Matt. 23:29), furnish (12:44). In Job 26:13 (Heb. shiphrah, meaning "brightness"), "By his spirit the heavens are brightness" i.e., are bright, splendid, beautiful. Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary.

Literature

Garnish (g hard). Entrance-money, to be spent in drink, demanded by jailbirds of new-comers. In prison slang garnish means fetters, and garnish-money is money given for the "honour" of wearing fetters. The custom became obsolete with the reform of prisons. (French, garnissage, trimming, verb garnir, to decorate or adorn.) (See Fielding's and Smollett's novels.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Slang in 1811

GARNISH. An entrance fee demanded by the old prisoners of one just committed to gaol. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

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Synonyms: Garnish

Synonyms: dress (v), trim (v). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Garnish

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Adjunct

Noun: adjunct; addition, additament; additum, affix, appelidage, annexe, annex; augment, augmentation; increment, reinforcement, supernumerary, accessory, item; garnish, sauce; accompaniment; adjective, addendum; complement, supplement; continuation.

Expenditure

Payment; pay; (remuneration); bribe; fee, footing, garnish; subsidy; tribute; contingent, quota; donation;.

Ornament

Garnish, trim, dizen, bedizen, prink, prank; trick out, fig out; deck, bedeck, dight, bedight, array; begawd, dress, dress up; spangle, bespangle, powder; embroider, work; chase, emboss, fret, emblazon; illuminate; illustrate.

Garnish, polish, varnish, French polish, veneer, japanning, lacquer.

Preparation

Elaborate, mature, ripen, mellow, season, bring to maturity; nurture; (aid); hatch, cook, brew; temper, anneal, smelt; barbecue; infumate; maturate. equip, arm, man; fit-out, fit up; furnish, rig, dress, garnish, betrim, accouter, array, fettle, fledge; dress up, furbish up, brush up, vamp up; refurbish; sharpen one's tools, trim one's foils, set, prime, attune; whet the knife, whet the sword; wind up, screw up; adjust; (fit); put in trim, put in train, put in gear, put in working order, put in tune, put in a groove for, put in harness; pack.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Garnish

English words defined with "garnish": chervil, Chinese parsley, cilantro, common garden cress, common watercress, coral, corianderdrygarden pepper cress, Garnishing, Garnishment-ishLepidium sativumNasturtium officinalepepper grass, pepperwort, purple onionred onion, Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticumsweet cicely. (references)
Specialty definitions using "garnish": BAKER, PIZZA, bar porter, bar runner, BARTENDER HELPER, BEVERAGEMEXICAN FOOD MAKER, HANDSANDWICH MAKER, sandwich-counter attendant. (references)
Etymologies containing "garnish": Warnstore. (references)

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Modern Usage: Garnish

DomainUsage

Screenplays

We're just going to garnish your salary (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge)

Clever

If a parsley farmer is sued, can they garnish his wages? (references; author: unknown)

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Commercial Usage: Garnish

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Books

  

Theater & Movies

  

Music

  

Consumer Goods

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Image Slideshow: Garnish

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Photo Album: Garnish

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(9) color slides show eggs cooked three different ways. (3) two cooked eggs (over easy?) with a salsa garnish, (1) two cooked eggs (over easy?) with a side serving of salsa, (1) two cooked eggs (over easy?) with a parsley garnish, (3) plate of scrambled eggs, (1) omelette with a strawberry garnish. Credit: Renee Comet (photographer).

(1) color slide shows a tall glass of iced tea with a slice of lemon for garnish. Credit: Renee Comet (photographer).

A brown-beige-white plate sits on a sand-colored table. On the plate is cottage cheese, strawberries, kiwi fruit, cantaloupe, orange slices and rasberries. Next to the plate are 2 slices of dark bread and a multicolored napkin and a fork. There is a glass of iced tea in the background with lemon garnish. Credit: Bill Branson (photographer).

From an overhead angle, bread, chinese cabbage, strawberry, grapes, brussels sprouts and a leaf garnish are shown on a white patterned table. On a purple napkin above the food, white lettering reads: "Healthy eating may reduce your risk of some kinds of cancer". Shot on 4x5 format. This was used in the 1989 calendar "Eat for Good Health" December 1989. See artwork: PV-19. Credit: Bill Branson (photographer).

Significant figures of our time. 7. At a memorial dinner of The Gourmet Society, Garnish is posthumously awarded The Golden Fork, its highest honor, for his contribution to world cuisine. Credit: Library of Congress.

  

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Speeches: Garnish

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

Bill Clinton

1993-2001Say to absent parents who aren't paying their child support, if you're not providing for your children, we'll garnish your wages, suspend your license, track you across state lines, and if necessary, make some of you work off what you owe.

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Usage Frequency: Garnish

"Garnish" is generally used as a lexical verb (base form) -- approximately 48.56% of the time. "Garnish" is used about 208 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Lexical Verb (base form)48.56%10132,488
Lexical Verb (infinitive)31.25%6541,645
Adjective (general or positive)17.31%3657,479
Noun (common)2.88%6143,867
                    Total100.00%208N/A

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Expressions: Garnish

Expressions using "garnish": Garnish bolt garnish with truffles. Additional references.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Garnish

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
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garnish

141

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garnish wages

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garnish tool

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food garnish

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dfas.mil garnish

2

dfas.mil garnish index.htm money

12

drink garnish

2

fruit garnish

7

garnish kit

2

b b b b contemporary craft foil garnish gold leaf mosaic supply tooling

6

garnish idea

2

radish garnish

6

can garnish wages who

2

angeles garnish los wages

5

garnish meat

2

cocktail garnish

4

dessert garnish

2

garnish newfoundland

3

garnish house

2

garnish gibson

3

wage garnish

2

garnish island

3
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Modern Translation: Garnish

Language Translations for "garnish"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

garniturë (decoration, embellishment, garniture, onlay, served vegetables), zbukuroj (adorn, beautify, bedeck, bedizen, bespangle, bespread, color, colour, deck, decorate, dress, embellish, embroider, festoon, flatter, Flavor, flavour, gild the pill, glorify, inlay, intersperse, landscape, ornament, pink, prettify, set with, smarten up, stud, touch up, trap, trick out, trim, water down), zbukurim (adornment, beautifying, decoration, embellishment, embroidery, enrichment, fallal, festoon, finery, flower, garniture, glorification, inlay, marquetry, onlay, ornament, ornamentation, rosace, set off, titivation), vë garniturë. (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏تابل للنكهة, ‏زينة (adornment, embellishment, gaud, ornament, pompon, topping, trimming), ‏زين يزخرف (adorn, balance, illustrate), ‏زخرف (adorn, bedeck, deck, decorate, do, embellish, embellishment, emboss, embroider, enrich, flourish, grace, illuminate, illustrate, lard, ornament, ornamentation, string, trace, trick, trick out, trick up, trim), ‏جمل (beautify, bedeck, camel, conclude, embellish, enhance, finalize, improve, ornament, outline, precis, prettify, pretty, refine, smarten, sum up, summarize, totalize, varnish). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

украсявам (adorn, array, color, colour, deck, decorate, dress, embellish, embroider, enchase, enrich, flatter, glorify, grace, lard, ornament, prank, set, titivate, trim), украшение (adornment, bibelot, decoration, fallal, figuration, garniture, knick knack, ornament, ornamentation, set off, trimming), гарнирам (trim), гарнитура (dressing, fixings, furniture, garniture, set, suite, trimming), налагам запор (attach). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

装饰 (Adorn, Adorned, Adorning, Decking, decor, Decorate, Decorated, Decorating, Decoration, Decorative, decoratively, Drape, Draped, Emblazon, Emblazoned, Emblazoning, Emboss, Embossed, Embossing, fringed, Fringing, garnished, Garnishing, latticed, Latticing, ornamental, ornamentally, Ornamented, Ornamenting). (various references)

   

Czech

  

vyšperkovat (embroider), ozdobit (adorn, decorate, embellish, trim), ozdoba (adornment, decorate, decoration, grace, ornament, topping, trim), obloha (blue, firmament, heavens, sky), obložit (overlay). (various references)

   

Danish

  

polstring (cushion, cushioning, lining, pad, padding, upholstery). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

garneren (fit out, trim), beslaan (become steamy, comprise, dim, fill, fit out, get blurred, get covered with, get dim, occupy, shoe, take, take up, trim), afzetten (amputate, amputation, depose, deposit, deprive, dismiss, fit out, fleece, put off, shut off, stop, switch off, take off, trim, turn off). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

garni (fit out, trim). (various references)

   

Faeroese

  

pynta (fit out, trim). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

چاشنی زدن(بخوراک), چاشنی زدن به (Flavor, Sauce), ارایش دادن (Able, Adorn, Beautify, Decorate, Embellish, Lard, Plume), ارایش (Array, Attire, Decor, Muster, Order, Polish, Toilet). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

koristaa (adorn, decorate, trim). (various references)

   

French

  

garnir. (various references)

   

German

  

garnieren (decorate, fit out, to garnish, trim), verzieren (adorn, decorate, embellish, emblazon, fit out, ornament, ornamentation, to stud, trim). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

στόλισμα (decoration, garniture), στολίζω (adorn, array, attire, beautify, bespangle, caparison, deck, decorate, doll, doll up, embellish, ornament, perk, prank, prim, primp, prink, titivate, tog, trim), γέμιση καθίσματος (lining, upholstery), εσωτερική επένδυση καθίσματος (lining, upholstery), διακοσμώ (blazon, deck, decorate). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

לקשט (adorn, deck, decorate, fringe, ornament, trick out, trick up, trim), לעטר מאכל, קשוט (adornment, decoration, Garland, jewel, ornament, ornamentation). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

körítés (garden sauce, trimmings), szóvirág (flourish, flowers of speech, frills, trimming), stílusbeli cifraság, köret (garden sauce). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

hiasan (decor, decoration, embellishment). (various references)

   

Italian

  

guarnizione (decoration, garnishment, gasket, join, joint, seal, sealing gasket, topping, trimming), guarnitura interna (lining, upholstery), guarnire (decorate, dress, ornament, trim), ornare (adorn, bedeck, decorate, embellish, ornament), contorno (boundary, contour, edge, fixing, outline, side dish). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

添える (to accompany, to add to, to annex, to append, to attach, to garnish, to imitate), 副える (to accompany, to add to, to annex, to append, to attach, to garnish, to imitate), 差し押さえる (to attach goods, to garnish, to impound, to seize), 差し押える (to attach goods, to garnish, to impound, to seize), つなぎ目 (a joint, a link, all-night Mah Jongg, aloof, altogether, at all, beyond doubt, certainly, complaining, entirely, extra-high-speed Touhoku-line shinkansen, feeling awkward, gleaming, going long way at steady pace, morose, nitpicking, pointed, sauce for dipping tempura, slippery, smooth, sound of walking, surely, tie-together point, to pitchforward, trudgingly). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

そえる (to accompany, to add to, to annex, to append, to attach, to garnish, to imitate), さしおさえる (to attach goods, to garnish, to impound, to seize), つま . (various references)

   

Manx

  

jesheenaghey (adorn, adornment, bedeck, decorate, dress, embellish, emblazon, painting, painting trade, prank, preen, renovation, set, titivate). (various references)

   

Norwegian

  

garnering, garnere, pynte. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

arnishgay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

guarnecer (face, fit out, fringe, line, revet, rig, stock, trim). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

garnisi (fit out, set, trim). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

украшение (adorner, adornment, beautification, decoration, embellishment, fallal, fal-lal, knick knack, molding, moulding, ornament, ornamentation, prettification, set off, trim), украшать (adorn, beautify, bedeck, deck, decorate, decorating, embellish, gild, ornament, prettify, set off), гарнировать, гарнир (dressing, garniture, side dish, side-dish). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

garnirung, garnirati (trim), ukrasiti (adorn, array, decorate, emblazon, enchase, illuminate, ornament, trim), ukras (adornment, decoration, fallal, flourish, ornament). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

guarnición (equipment, facing, garniture, garrison, guard, packing, trim, trimming), guarnecer (garnishee, garrison, line, pack, trim), guarnecedor (garnishee, trimmer), tapicería (seating, tapestry, upholstery), poner adornos (garnishee), belleza (beauty, garnishee, lovely, pulchritude), adorno (adornment, deck, decoration, dedication, fixture, garnishee, motif, ornament, trimming), adornar (adorn, array, bedeck, decorate, doll up, embellish, embroider, festoon, garnishee, grace, hang, lard, ornament, set off, set out, titivate, trap, trim), aderezo (garnishee, seasoning, set), aderezar (dress, garnishee). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

pryda (adorn, array, bedeck, deck, decorate, drape, embellish, enrich, glorify, grace, ornament). (various references)

   

Thai

  

เครื่องตกแต่ง (embellishment), ประ"ับ (embellish, enrich, ornament). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

garnitürlemek, garnitür (fixings, garniture, jardiniere, side dish, side order, trimming), süslemek (adorn, array, beautify, bedeck, bedight, caparison, crown, damask, deck out, decorate, dike, dizen, doll out, doll up, dress, dress up, embellish, embroider, enamel, enrich, fancy up, fig out, figure, flourish, gild, gird, grace, interlard, lace, lard, ornament, prank, prank out, prank up, rig, scrimshaw, set, smarten, tart up, tire, titivate, trick out, trick up, trig out, trig up, trim, zing up, zip, zip up), süs (adornment, apparel, attire, decoration, embellishment, embroidery, encrustation, enrichment, facings, falbala, falbelo, fancy, finery, flamboyance, flourish, flower, frill, frippery, garnishment, garniture, get up, make up, ornament, ornamental, ornamentation, scrimshaw, setoff, setout, trim, trimming), haczetmek (attach, confiscate, distrain, distrain on, distrain up, distress, garnishee, impound, levy, seise, sequester, sequestrate, vest), allayyıp pullamak, çeşni (flavour, medley, offflavour, relish, seasoning, spice, taste, zest). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

гарнірувати, гарнір (garniture), оздоба (ornament), прикраса (adornment, apparel, attire, beauty, bijou, decking, decoration, embellishment, embroidery, fallal, garniture, Nick nack, ornament, outset, pretty, quip, set off), прикрашати (adorn, apparel, beautify, bedeck, bespread, brighten, caparison, color, colour, deck, decorate, dress, dress out, embellish, embroider, flatter, gloss over, grace, needle, ornament, ornamentalize, prettify, set forth, smug, sugar coat, trim, trim up, varnish). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Garnish

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

orna, ornabant, ornabatur, ornaberis, ornabit, ornanda, ornandam, ornandum, ornant, ornantes, ornare, ornaret, ornasti, ornat, ornata, ornatam, ornati, ornatis, ornato, ornatu, ornatum, ornaturum, ornatus, ornaverunt, ornavi, ornavit, ornent. (various references)

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Bible Trace: Garnish

LanguageDateSourceMatthew Chapter 23, Verse 29
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintOuai umin grammateiV kai farisaioi upokritai oti oikodomeite touV tafouV twn profhtwn kai kosmeite ta mnhmeia twn dikaiwn
Latin405VulgateVae vobis scribae et Pharisaei hypocritae quia aedificatis sepulchra prophetarum et ornatis monumenta iustorum
Old English990West SaxonWa eow bokeres & farisei liceteras.ge þe tymbrieð witegene byregene. & glencgað rihtwisere ge-mynd-stowe.
Middle English1395WyclifWo to you, scribis and Farisees, ipocritis, that bilden sepulcris of profetis, and maken faire the birielis of iust men,
Renaissance English1526TyndaleWo be vnto you Scribes and Pharises ypocrites: ye bylde the tombes of the Prophetes and garnisshe the sepulchres of the righteous
Jacobean English1611King JamesWoe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous,
Victorian English1833WebsterWoe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchers of the righteous,
Basic English1964OgdenA curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! because you put up buildings for housing the dead bodies of the prophets, and make fair the last resting-places of good men, and say,

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Matched Bible Translations: Garnish

LanguageMatthew Chapter 23, Verse 29
Cebuano"Alaut kamo, mga escriba ug mga Fariseo, mga maut! kay ginabuhatan ninyog mga pantiyon ang mga profeta ug inyong ginadayandayanan ang mga bungdo sa mga matarung,
Croatian"Jao vama, pismoznanci i farizeji! Licemjeri! Gradite grobnice prorocima i kitite spomenike pravednicima
DanishVe eder, I skriftkloge og Farisæere, I Hyklere! thi I bygge Profeternes Grave og pryde de retfærdiges Gravsteder og sige:
DutchWee u, gij Schriftgeleerden en Farizeen, gij geveinsden, want gij bouwt de graven der profeten op, en versiert de graftekenen der rechtvaardigen;
Finnishja sanotte: `Jos me olisimme eläneet isäimme päivinä, emme olisi olleet osallisia heidän kanssaan profeettain vereen`!
FrenchMalheur vous, scribes et pharisiens hypocrites! parce que vous bâtissez les tombeaux des prophètes et ornez les sépulcres des justes,
GermanWeh euch, Schriftgelehrte und Pharisäer, ihr Heuchler, die ihr der Propheten Gräber bauet und schmücket der Gerechten Gräber
Haitian CreoleMalè pou nou, nou menm dirèktè lalwa ak farizyen, bann ipokrit! Gade, n'ap bati bèl tonm pou pwofèt yo, nou mete flè sou kavo moun ki te mache dwat devan Bondye yo.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari"Celakalah kalian guru-guru agama dan orang-orang Farisi! Kalian tukang berpura-pura! Kalian membangun makam-makam yang bagus untuk nabi-nabi, dan menghiasi tugu-tugu peringatan dari orang-orang yang hidupnya baik.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaWai bagi kamu, hai ahli Taurat dan orang Parisi, orang munafik! Karena kamu memperbuat kubur nabi-nabi, dan menghiasi nisan kubur orang benar.
ItalianGuai a voi, scribi e farisei ipocriti, che innalzate i sepolcri ai profeti e adornate le tombe dei giusti,
LatvianBçdas jums, rakstu mâcîtâji un farizeji, jûs liekuïi! Jûs ceïat kapenes pravieðiem un izrotâjat pieminekïus taisnîgajiem,
Manx GaelicSmerg diu scrudeyryn as Phariseeyn, chrauee oalsey, son dy vel shiu troggal oaiaghyn ny phadeyryn, as soiaghey magh lhiaghtyn ny deiney cairagh.
MaoriAue, te mate mo koutou, e nga karaipi, e nga Parihi, e te hunga tinihanga? ko koutou nei hoki hei hanga i nga tanumanga o nga poropiti, hei whakapaipai i nga urupa o nga tangata tika,
NorwegianVe eder, I skriftlærde og fariseere, I hyklere, I som bygger profetenes graver og pryder de rettferdiges gravsteder og sier:
RumanianVai de voi, cqrturari wi Farisei fqyarnici! Pentru cq voi zidiyi mormintele proorocilor, kmpodobiyi gropile celor neprihqniyi,
RussianзПТЕ ЧБН, ЛОЙЦОЙЛЙ Й ЖБТЙУЕЙ, МЙ"ЕНЕТЩ, ЮФП УФТПЙФЕ ЗТП'ОЙ"Щ ТПТПЛБН Й ХЛТБЫБЕФЕ БНСФОЙЛЙ ТБЧЕ"ОЙЛПЧ,
Shuar`Maa Wáinkiatarum jintinniutirmesha, Pariséutirmesha. Antrarum shiir chichamtiniaitrume. Yaunchu Yúsnan etserin iwiarsamunam átumka shiir Enentáimtakrum jea jeamkaitrume. Tura pénker shuar yaunchu Jákarusha shiir Enentáimturtaj tusarum ni iwiarsamu shiir awajearme.
SwedishVe eder, I skriftlärde och fariséer, I skrymtare, som byggen upp profeternas gravar och pryden de rättfärdigas grifter
Uma"Silaka-koi, guru agama pai' to Parisi! Lompe' hi mali-na-wadi-koi! Nipenasa-damo mpakalompe' daeo' -ra nabi-nabi pai' tauna to monoa' owi.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Garnish

Derivations

Words beginning with "garnish": garnished, garnishee, garnisheed, garnisheeing, garnishees, garnishes, garnishing, garnishment, garnishments. (additional references)

Words containing "garnish": ungarnished. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Garnish" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: ardnish, arnish, Gaineimh, Ganeesh, garmish, Garnacha, Garnasih, Garnath, garnes, garni, garnies, Gavrinis, Genrikh, glarnisch, goonish, gornisht, Granick, Granizo, Grannoch, Grannusch, Gransch, Gurnis, gurnish, Jaenisch. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Garnish"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "garnish" (pronounced gÄ"rnish)
5-Ä" r n i shvarnish.
4-r n i shcorniche.
3-n i shadmonish, astonish, banish, diminish, finish, minish, punish, refinish, replenish, vanish.

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Anagrams: Garnish

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: sharing.

Words within the letters "a-g-h-i-n-r-s"

-1 letter: arshin, ashing, garish, grains, haring, rasing, shairn.

-2 letters: airns, gains, garni, girns, girsh, gnars, gnash, grain, grans, grins, hairs, hangs, naris, nighs, ragis, rains, ranis, rings, sangh, sarin, sharn.

-3 letters: agin, ains, airn, airs, anis, gain, gars, gash, ghis, gins, girn, gnar, gran, grin, hags, hair, hang, hins, hisn, nags, nigh, ragi, rags.

 Words containing the letters "a-g-h-i-n-r-s"
 

+1 letter: archings, chagrins, crashing, harpings, hearings, hearsing, orangish, phrasing, ringhals, sharking, sharping, shearing, trashing.

 

+2 letters: ashlaring, ashlering, dragonish, farthings, garnished, garnishee, garnishes, hamstring, handgrips, hangbirds, hangfires, harassing, hiraganas, hoardings, ingathers, jargonish, kashering, longhairs, narghiles, nargilehs, nightjars, phrasings, ravishing, rehashing, reshaping, reshaving, rewashing, scarphing, searching, shearings, shearling, shrinkage, starching, thrashing.

 

+3 letters: anglerfish, aphorising, archaising, breathings, cashiering, crashingly, earthlings, garishness, garnisheed, garnishees, garnishing, gatherings, gynarchies, hairspring, hamstrings, handspring, harbingers, hardenings, harnessing, harshening, harvesting, headspring, hoarsening, kurbashing, languisher, marshaling, mishearing, nightmares, preshaping, prewashing, purchasing, rehearings, rehearsing, rephrasing, ringhalses, scraiching, scraighing, scratching, shanghaier, sharpening, shattering, shearlings, shikarring, shrinkages, slathering, springhead, straighten, stringhalt, tarnishing, thrashings, varnishing, vinegarish.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Quotations: Speeches
9. Usage Frequency
10. Expressions
11. Expressions: Internet
12. Translations: Modern
13. Translations: Ancient
14. Bible Trace
15. Derivations
16. Rhymes
17. Anagrams
18. Bibliography


  

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