savoury
/'seivəri/
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Definition
Adjective:
- Pleasing to the sense of taste: Having a pleasant, salty, spicy, or piquant flavour, as opposed to sweet.
- Morally wholesome or acceptable: Having a reputation that is good, respectable, or decent.
Noun:
- A small, salty or spicy dish: A small item of food with a salty or piquant flavour, often served at the end of a meal or as an appetizer.
- A type of aromatic herb: A plant of the mint family, specifically summer savory or winter savory, used as a culinary herb.
Usage Examples
Adjective:
- The chef prepared a savoury pie filled with cheese and herbs. (Describing a tasty, non-sweet food.)
- The scandal cast a shadow over his previously savoury reputation. (Describing a morally acceptable character.)
Noun:
- After the sweets, they served cheese and biscuits as a savoury. (Referring to a small salty dish.)
- I added a pinch of summer savoury to the bean soup. (Referring to the herb.)
Advanced Usage
- "Savoury" vs. "Savory": The spelling 'savoury' is standard in British English, while 'savory' is used in American English. Both have the same meanings.
- In a figurative sense: Can describe something intellectually or aesthetically pleasing in a non-sweet way.
- The film offered a savoury blend of wit and drama.
Variants and Related Words
- Savouriness (n): The quality of being savoury.
- The savouriness of the dish came from the mushrooms and soy sauce.
- Unsavoury (adj): Not savoury; unpleasant or morally offensive.
- He was involved in some unsavoury business dealings.
Synonyms
- Adjective (taste): Tasty, piquant, salty, appetizing, delectable.
- Adjective (moral): Respectable, wholesome, decent, reputable.
- Noun (dish): Appetizer, canapé, hors d'oeuvre, snack.
- Noun (herb): Aromatic herb, culinary herb.
Related Phrases
- Savoury pastry: A pastry filled with a non-sweet ingredient like meat or cheese.
- The bakery is famous for its savoury pastries.
- Savoury note: A flavour element in food or drink that is not sweet.
- The cheese adds a wonderful savoury note to the wine.
Related Idioms
- To leave a savoury taste in one's mouth: To have a positive or respectable final impression (less common than its opposite, "to leave a bad taste").
- His honest apology left a savoury taste in everyone's mouth.
Adjective
- pleasing to the sense of taste
- having an agreeably pungent taste
- morally wholesome or acceptable
- a past that was scarcely savory
Noun
- an aromatic or spicy dish served at the end of dinner or as an hors d'oeuvre
- either of two aromatic herbs of the mint family