meaning of garnish
1. To decorate with ornamental appendages; to set off; to adorn; to embellish.
2. To ornament, as a dish, with something laid about it; as, a dish garnished with parsley.
3. To furnish; to supply.
4. To fit with fetters.
5. To warn by garnishment; to give notice to; to garnishee. See Garnishee, v. t.
6. Something added for embellishment; decoration; ornament; also, dress; garments, especially such as are showy or decorated.
7. Something set round or upon a dish as an embellishment. See Garnish, v. t. , 2.
8. Fetters.
9. A fee; specifically, in English jails, formerly an unauthorized fee demanded by the old prisoners of a newcomer.
10. any decoration added as a trimming or adornment
Related Words
garnish | garnished | garnishee | garnisheed | garnisheeing | garnisher | garnishing | garnishment |
